Lebanon War 1982; military conflict in southern Lebanon between the Israeli army and allied militias and PLO fighters with the support of Syrian troops. To prevent Palestinian attacks from Lebanon; Israel launched a military intervention on June 6; 1982 under the name Operation "Peace for Galilee"; which had a major impact on the Lebanese civil war.A death victim's hand protrudes from the rubble of a destroyed building after an attack on a street in Beirut.Photo; 13.06.1982