✦ History

Part of Arab–Israeli conflict, Lebanese Civil War

1982 Lebanon War

June 6, 1982 – May 17, 1985 · Lebanon

Result Inconclusive

Israel invaded Lebanon to expel the Palestine Liberation Organization. Israeli forces besieged Beirut, and the PLO left the country, but Israel kept a presence in southern Lebanon for many years.

On the map Overview Contemporaries

Kataeb Party and allies

Arab states

Other

Israel
Lebanese Forces
Palestine Liberation Organization
Syria
Hezbollah
Al-Mourabitoun
PKK
Islamic Jihad Organization
Amal Movement
Islamic Unification Movement
Menachem Begin belligerent leader Ariel Sharon belligerent leader Raphael Eitan military commander David Ivry military commander
Hafez al-Assad belligerent leader Yasser Arafat belligerent leader Mustafa Tlass belligerent leader Hikmat al-Shihabi belligerent leader Walid Jumblatt belligerent leader Saad Sayel military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
78,000
Captured
12
Missing
4
Aircraft
634

Israel Killed c. 455

Tanks lost
300–350
Aircraft
450
Guns lost
c. 100

Syria Strength 22,000 · Killed 1,200

Killed
c. 1,655

Units

Northern Command (Israel) 146th Division (Israel) 162nd Division (Israel) 252nd Division (Israel) 36th Division (Israel) 188th Armored Brigade 401st Brigade (Israel) 7th Armored Brigade (Israel) 8th Armored Brigade (Israel) Alexandroni Brigade Carmeli Brigade Golani Brigade Harel Brigade 190 Squadron (Israel) Israeli Navy
Syrian Army 10th Mechanized Division 1st Armoured Division (Syria)
Quds Force Syrian Air Defence Force 27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division 3rd Armoured Division (Syria) 91st Division (Israel) 98th Paratroopers Division Nahal Brigade Granite Battalion Defense Companies (Syria) Syrian Air Force

Battles and events 6

Also involved 15