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Lebanon War 1982
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War Begins
The Lebaon War began, which started out as a short military operation, but then shortly turned to war when the Israel Defense Forces invaded southern Lebanon. -
Syrians launch offense.
As the Israeli forces went north, Syrian forces launched an offensive in eastern Lebanon. -
Syrians get destroyed
The Israel Air Force destroyed most of Syria’s missiles batteries in Lebanon, -
Israel defense is attacked
On November 4, 1983 The IDF headquarters in Sidon was attacked and 36 soldiers were killed. -
Public is divided
These casualties in the IDF led to the Israeli public being divided about the of the war in Lebanon. -
War Ends
The war comes to an end as Israeli government decides to gradually withdraw from Lebanon.