<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Nakuba kwathatha isimo sokuhlasela kwamasosha akwa-Israyeli eNingizimu yeLebanon, i-Operation Litani yavela empini ende phakathi kuka-Israyeli nePalestine. Ngemva kuka-1968, i-PLO, i-Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, namanye amaqembu asePalestine asungula i-quasi-state eningizimu yeLebanon, eyisebenzisa njengesisekelo sokuhlasela izakhamuzi  <response>: enyakatho yakwa-Israyeli, kanye nokuhlaselwa kwamaphekula kwabakwa-Israyeli nakwezinye izindawo emhlabeni wonke. Lokhu kwaqiniswa ukuthutheleka kwabalwi be-PLO abangu-3 000 ababebalekela ukunqotshwa empini yombango yaseJordani futhi bahlangana kabusha eningizimu yeLebanon. U - Israel waphendula ngokuhlasela okulimaza izisekelo ze - PLO. 