A seaborne fedayeen raiding party, originating in…

March 1978 CE

A  seaborne fedayeen raiding party, originating in Lebanon, lands in Israel and hijacks a bus on the Tel Aviv-Haifa road on March 11, 1978.

Thirty-seven civilian tourists die and eighty-two are wounded; Israeli security forces kill all nine Fatah operatives.

There follows the Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon three days later (codename: Operation Litani) to destroy Palestinian bases and to force Lebanon to curb raids by the PLO into Israel.

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Nahariyya Israel Israel View →

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Lebanon, Republic of View → Israel View → Palestinians View → Fatah View → PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) View →

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Palestinian Guerilla Raids View → 1978 South Lebanon conflict View →

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