Lebanon War
(Operation "Peace for Galilee")
(1982-1985):
Conflict in which the Israel Defense Forces
conducted a military operation in Lebanon
to drive out the PLO, which had been shelling
northern Israeli towns. The majority of Israel's
forces withdrew in 1985, but left a small
residual force in a “security zone”
in southern Lebanon. The IDF withdrew from
this zone in May 2000.