In March 1978, Israel invaded southern Lebanon to push the Palestinian militants north of the Litani River . The attack came a few weeks ...
In March 1978, Israel invaded southern Lebanon to push the Palestinian militants north of the Litani River.
The attack came a few weeks after the Coastal Road massacre in which Palestinian militants.
Israel pushed the Palestinian militants out of southern Lebanon and handed the territories to the South Lebanon Army, an Israeli proxy, and pulled back later in 1978.
Israel wanted to eject the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) from Lebanon.
To remove Syrian influence from the country and establish a pro-Israel government (of Bashir Gemayel) in Beirut.
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