Wimpy Operation

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The Wimpy Operation (Arabic: عملية الويمبي) was an attack on Israeli soldiers in Hamra, a neighbourhood in the west of the Lebanese capital Beirut on September 24, 1982 during the 1982 Lebanon War.^[1]^[2] The Wimpy Operation has a strong symbolic significance, as it marked the start of the campaign against Israeli forces in Beirut.^[1]^[3]^[4]

^ ^a ^b Mermier, Franck. Commémorer la résistance à Beyrouth ouest, published in Franck Mermier and Christophe Varin (ed.), Memoirs of wars in Lebanon (1975–1990), Arles, Sindbad / Actes Sud / Ifpo, 2010, p. 185-204
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[fm-1] Mermier, Franck. Commémorer la résistance à Beyrouth ouest, published in Franck Mermier and Christophe Varin (ed.), Memoirs of wars in Lebanon (1975–1990), Arles, Sindbad / Actes Sud / Ifpo, 2010, p. 185-204

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[4] Al-Akhbar. ذكرى عملية الويمبي

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