Wimpy Operation

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The Wimpy Operation (Arabic: عملية الويمبي) was an attack on Israeli soldiers in Hamra, a neighbourhood in the west of the Lebanese capital Beirut on September 24, 1982 during the 1982 Lebanon War. The Wimpy Operation marked the start of a campaign against Israeli forces in Beirut.

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