Siege of Beirut

Siege of Beirut
Part of the 1982 Lebanon War
Aerial view of the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, used by the Palestinians as an ammunition depot amidst armed confrontations with the Israelis
Date 14 June 1982 – 21 August 1982 Location West Beirut, Lebanon Result Israeli victory Palestinian militants evacuated after peace settlement Destruction of much of Beirut
Belligerents
Israel SLA Lebanese Front Phalanges Al-Tanzim	PLO  Syria LNRF LCP SSNP ASBP CAOL INM ASALA PKK
Commanders and leaders
Ariel Sharon Menachem Begin Rafael Eitan Saad Haddad Bachir Gemayel Fadi Frem Elie Hobeika Samir Geagea Fawzi Mahfouz Obad Zouein	Yasser Arafat Saad Sayel Abu Jihad Salah Khalaf George Habash Abu Khalid Nayef Hawatmeh Hafez al-Assad Mustafa Tlass George Hawi Elias Atallah Inaam Raad Mohsen Ibrahim Ibrahim Kulaylat Monte Melkonian Mahsum Korkmaz
Strength
76,000	12,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown
4,000–5,000 Lebanese civilians killed[1]

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 the expulsion of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) from Beirut and the rest of Lebanon.