Siege of Beirut

Siege of Beirut
	Part of the 1982 Lebanon War
	; Aerial view of the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, used by the Palestinians as an ammunition depot amidst armed confrontations with the Israelis
Date	14 June – 21 August 1982
Location	West Beirut, Lebanon
Result	Israeli victory Palestinian militants evacuated after peace settlement; Destruction of much of Beirut;
Belligerents
Israel; SLA	PLO; Syria; LNRF LCP; SSNP; ASBP; CAOL; INM; ASALA; PKK
Commanders and leaders
Ariel Sharon; Menachem Begin; Rafael Eitan; Saad Haddad	Yasser Arafat; Saad Sayel; Abu Jihad; Salah Khalaf; George Habash; Abu Khalid; Nayef Hawatmeh; Hafez al-Assad; Mustafa Tlass; George Hawi; Elias Atallah; Inaam Raad; Mohsen Ibrahim; Ibrahim Kulaylat; Monte Melkonian; Mahsum Korkmaz;
Strength
76,000	12,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown
	4,000–5,000 Lebanese civilians killed

During the 1982 Lebanon War, the city of Beirut was besieged by Israel following the breakdown of the ceasefire that had been imposed by the United Nations amidst the Lebanese Civil War. Beginning in mid-June, the two-month-long siege resulted in thousands of civilian deaths and the expulsion of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from Beirut and the rest of Lebanon.