The United Arab Emirates called back their "Green Helmets". Syria was the only country running for the next Arabic Strike Force mandate.

An army battalion deployed in the UNIFL zone in the South, despite bombardments by Saad Haddad’s militias against the Lebanese soldiers. The latter have come all the way from Yarze. The same day, the rebel officer Saad Haddad proclaimed the State of Free Lebanon. He was dismissed from the Lebanese army the following day.

Syrians and Israelis faced each other in the sky of Damour. Four Syrian Migs were shut down.
At the Southern border, shelling continued between Progressive Palestinians on one side and the militia of Saad Haddad and Israel on the other.

Phalangist armed elements set up a surprise checkpoint in Ainata, the road leading to the Cedars, and took 70 hostages from Zghorta. The Marada retaliated by taking 230 hostages that were released on October 12, following a call launched by Pope John Paul II.

A car bomb exploded in basta, next to the office of the Army of Arabic Lebanon provoking 8 deaths and 32 injuries.
The attack was followed by a strike in West Beirut.

A press release from "The Revolutionary Organization of the Islamic Republic Masses" announced the dispatch of a first contingent of 1000 Iranian fighters to South Lebanon. However, this initiative encountered the vehement opposition of the Lebanese government, the overwhelming majority of leaders in the country, the Amal movement, and the Superior Shiite Council.