During Israeli raids from 1968 to 1977, some of the Palestinian towns and camps in the area were totally leveled. According to estimations, by October 1977 about 300,000 refugees, mainly Shiite Muslims, fled South Lebanon.[citation needed] The PLO-Israeli conflict increased political tensions between Maronite Christians and Druze on the one hand and Muslims on the other, adding to the factors behind the 1975–1990 Lebanese Civil War.
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| - 1978 South Lebanon conflict
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| - During Israeli raids from 1968 to 1977, some of the Palestinian towns and camps in the area were totally leveled. According to estimations, by October 1977 about 300,000 refugees, mainly Shiite Muslims, fled South Lebanon.[citation needed] The PLO-Israeli conflict increased political tensions between Maronite Christians and Druze on the one hand and Muslims on the other, adding to the factors behind the 1975–1990 Lebanese Civil War.
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- 25000(xsd:integer)
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Casus
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Partof
| - the Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon and Israeli–Lebanese conflict
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Date
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Commander
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- 23(xsd:integer)
- George Hawi
- Walid Jumblatt
- Mordechai Gur
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Casualties
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- Estimates for the number of Lebanese and Palestinian killed range from 1,100 to 2,000
- Number of combatants killed unknown
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Result
| - * PLO withdrawal from Southern Lebanon
* UNIFIL buffer zone established
* SLA established
* 100,000 to 250,000 refugees
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combatant
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- 23(xsd:integer)
- Israel
- LNM
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Conflict
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abstract
| - During Israeli raids from 1968 to 1977, some of the Palestinian towns and camps in the area were totally leveled. According to estimations, by October 1977 about 300,000 refugees, mainly Shiite Muslims, fled South Lebanon.[citation needed] The PLO-Israeli conflict increased political tensions between Maronite Christians and Druze on the one hand and Muslims on the other, adding to the factors behind the 1975–1990 Lebanese Civil War. In November 1977, Israeli initiated an exchange of fire that led to the death of several people from both sides of the border and finally Israeli bombing of the targets in South Lebanon during which 70 people, mainly Lebanese, were killed.[citation needed] On March 11, 1978, 11 Fatah members led by the 18-year-old female Dalal Mughrabi travelled from Lebanon and killed an American tourist on the beach. They then hijacked a bus on the coastal road near Haifa, and en route to Tel Aviv commandeered a second bus. After a lengthy chase and shootout, 38 Israeli civilians, including 13 children, were killed and 76 wounded. Thus, the Coastal Road Massacre was the proximate cause of the Israeli invasion three days later.
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