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Siege of Beirut

14 June 1982 (ended 1982) · Lebanon

Part of: 1982 Lebanon War

Wikidata classes on our event-class list: siege (all its classes: Wikidata item)

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During the 1982 Lebanon War, the city of Beirut was besieged by Israel following the breakdown of the ceasefire that had been imposed by the United Nations amidst the Lebanese Civil War. Beginning in mid-June, the two-month-long siege resulted in thousands of civilian deaths and the expulsion of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from Beirut and the rest of Lebanon.

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