Siege of Beirut

Siege of Beirut
Part of the 1982 Lebanon War
An aerial view of the stadium used as an ammunition supply site for the Palestine Liberation Organization during a confrontation with the Israelis
Date 14 June – 21 August 1982 Location Beirut, Lebanon Result Israeli tactical victory, PLO strategic victory PLO forces evacuated after peace settlement Destruction of much of Beirut
Belligerents
Israel Defense Forces Lebanese Front Phalange al-Tanzim SLA	PLO LNRF LCP SSNP ASBP OACL  Syria INM ASALA PKK
Commanders and leaders
Ariel Sharon Menachem Begin Rafael Eitan Bachir Gemayel Fadi Frem Elie Hobeika Samir Geagea Fawzi Mahfouz Obad Zouein Saad Haddad	Yasser Arafat Abu Jihad Salah Khalaf George Habash Nayef Hawatmeh George Hawi Elias Atallah Inaam Raad Muhsin Ibrahim Hafiz al-Assad Mustafa Tlass Ibrahim Kulaylat Monte Melkonian Mahsum Korkmaz
Strength
76,000	12,000
Casualties and losses
368 soldiers killed 2,383 wounded	1,000 PLO fighters killed
4,000–5,000 Lebanese civilians killed

Israeli tactical victory, PLO strategic victory

Israel Defense Forces
Lebanese Front

PLO
LNRF

The Siege of Beirut took place in the summer of 1982, as part of the 1982 Lebanon War, which resulted from the breakdown of the cease-fire effected by the United Nations. The siege ended with the Palestinian Liberation Organization being forced out of Beirut and Lebanon.

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