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

The parents of hostages divided the capital in two in a protest action.

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.

Two French little girls (Marie-Laure and Virginie Valente) kidnapped 13 months earlier are delivered by the Libyan authorities to a French government emissary. The year ends in a very tense climate. The Lebanese are wondering about their future.