Chronology / 1982

Lebanese war chronology - 1982

January 3, 1982		Twenty days after the resumption of the Iraqi oil pumping to the Tripoli terminal, the pipeline was dynamited. This incident seemed to be part of the Iran-Iraq war.
January 4, 1982		The confrontations between Amal militiamen and 'Partisans of the Communist Organization in Lebanon' caused 11 deaths and 4 injuries in West Beirut. These fights resumed on January 6 didn't end until the intervention of the Arab Strike Force.
January 6, 1982		President Elias Sarkis declared: 'The world watches the Lebanese agony with indifference.'
January 8, 1982		Differences grew between Amal and the National Movement headed by Walid Joumblatt. Amal accused the NM of trying to replace the State and the Arab Strike Force by putting together a unified militia and instituting 'self-security'. The NM accused Amal of obstructing the execution of the return of order in West Beirut.
January 12, 1982		During a meeting in presence of Chafic Wazzan, the Moslem conservatives rejected the ' self-security ' principle in West Beirut.
January 19, 1982		The specter of a regional war arose when two Israeli airplanes were targeted by two Sam 6 shots over the Lebanese territory.
January 25, 1982		The Syndicate of Fishermen in Tyr launched a symbolic 24-hour strike in protest against recurring Israeli aggressions against fishermen.
January 28, 1982		The war between Amal and the National Movement was at its peak. The confrontations resumed and the tension reached Baalbeck and the Southern suburbs of Beirut.
February 1, 1982		The inflow of heavy Israeli weapons on the Lebanese territory continued. These weapons were installed in the borderline enclave controlled by Saad Haddad.
February 4, 1982		The investigation conducted in Italy on the vanishing of the Shiite Imam Moussa Sadr ended. The Italians were convinced that the Imam never left Libya.
February 8, 1982		Israel reiterated its threats against the South, while Lebanon continued its contacts to eliminate the dangers weighing on the Southern zone and to increase the number of UNIFL soldiers in the area.
February 13, 1982		A car bomb exploded next to the Palestinian camp of Ain El Heloueh killing 6 persons and injuring 12 others.
February 17, 1982		Tension rose in North Lebanon where serious incidents were reported. Armed elements opened fire on a checkpoint of the Arab Strike Force. The combats continued for the following days, killing 18 persons and injuring 40.
February 23, 1982		Two car bombs killed 4 persons and injured 54 others in Raoucheh.
February 24, 1982		A commando of the partisans of the Imam Moussa Sadr burst into the Beirut International Airport and took control of a Boeing 707 of the Kuwait Airways that had just landed with 195 passengers on board. The negotiations led to the release of the passengers. The commando members surrendered to the Arab Strike Force. After this incident, the Kuwaiti company interrupted its flights to Beirut.
February 25, 1982		1000 additional 'blue helmets' joined the UNIFL battalion.
February 27, 1982		The explosion of a car bomb killed 4 persons and wounded 26 others in Ouzaï.
March 1, 1982		The adjournment of the meeting that the Arab Vigilance Committee was going to hold, irritated the Lebanese officials. The latter considered that the Arabs were careless about the explosive situation in Lebanon.
March 6, 1982		Another car bomb exploded in Jnah killing 6 persons and injuring 17 others.
March 10, 1982		In his new mission to prevent the outbreak of war on the Lebanese-Israeli borderline, Habib gave insurances but no guarantees. At the same time, two car bombs exploded in Zouk and Maameltein.
March 16, 1982		The plot against foreign embassies continued. A large number of embassies closed their doors, while those that were still open were a regularly subjected to threats or assaults.
March 21, 1982		Violent combats opposed Amal and the Iraqi Baas.
March 31, 1982		A new car bomb exploded next to the Abed clock killing 2 persons and wounding 4 others.
April 10, 1982		The cease-fire in the South was fragile. Lebanon appealed to Washington, to the Security Council, and to the Arab League to stabilize the situation.
April 14, 1982		A general war was raging between Amal and the Palestinians. Meanwhile, the fights continued in the South and reached Beirut and its suburbs where 15 deaths were reported.
April 15, 1982		Two employees of the French consulate were assassinated in their apartment in Beirut.
April 20, 1982		A special envoy of the quai d'Orsay arrived to Lebanon to appease the French.
April 21, 1982		Six successive raids were reported within 90 minutes against Aramoun, Naameh and Damour, putting an end to a cease-fire that lasted 9 months. This new aggression claimed the lives of 80 victims.
April 23, 1982		13 people died and 12 were injured as a result of 24 hours of intermittent fights in Tripoli between the Iraqi Baas and the Communist Party militiamen.
April 27, 1982		The minimum wage was raised to 925 Lebanese Pounds.
April 28, 1982		A general strike was observed by both sectors of Beirut, to protest against the assassination, on April 26, of Sheikh Ahmad Assaf, president of the Union of Islamic Associations and Institutions.
May 2, 1982		The terrorists were now targeting religious instances. After the assassination of Sheikh Assaf, Father Abousleiman was killed. Two other persons were killed in a church.
May 9, 1982		Israel launched several raids in Southern Lebanon.
May 11, 1982		A cease-fire was concluded in Tripoli ending violent combats that lasted 5 days and killed 55 persons and injured 200 others.
May 24, 1982		A ferocious explosion hit the French embassy in Clémenceau killing 9 persons and wounding 26 others.
May 25, 1982		Israelis fighters shoot two Syrian Migs over the Kesrouan. The two pilots were handed in to the Arab Strike Force.
May 26, 1982		The French Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy declared during his visit in Beirut: 'France stays but is not at war with anyone.'
June 4, 1982		Within an hour, the Israeli airplanes inflicted on Beirut the toughest bombing since the Fakahani attack in seven successive rounds. Sixty persons were killed and 270 injured in these air raids against the sectors of the Sports City, Sabra, Chatila, and Bourj Brajneh.
June 5, 1982		The South was burning. Over 150 persons killed and 250 wounded were reported while the Israeli artillery, navy and aviation bombarded 38 towns and localities.
June 6, 1982		The Israelis invaded the South along three axes. The Security Council adopted immediately a resolution requesting the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all Israeli forces up to the internationally recognized borderlines. However, this did not stop Israel from reaching Saida and Tyr.