March 14, 1978 · South Lebanon Theater
March 14, 1978
Following a PLO coastal road attack that killed 38 Israeli civilians, Israel launched Operation Litani on March 14, 1978, sending 25,000 troops into southern Lebanon up to the Litani River. The operation aimed to destroy PLO infrastructure and push Palestinian fighters north of the river. Israeli forces occupied a strip of southern Lebanon and created a client militia, the South Lebanon Army, to hold the territory.
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