The Marines disembarked in Beirut while the Israelis were achieving the evacuation of the capital.

Philip Habib undertook a new tour in the region. The Lebanese officials informed him in Beirut of their opposition to any partial Israeli withdrawal from the mountain.

The Beirut International Airport was bombed and some installations were destroyed.

Colonel Khalil Kanaan was assassinated in his home in Hazmieh. A French journalist, Jean-Marc Sroussi, was kidnapped in the Southern suburbs of Beirut.