17 July 1981
Bombing of Beirut
Israeli bombers destroy PLO/al-Fatah headquarters in Beirut
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Beirut in Palestine. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Israeli bombers destroy PLO/al-Fatah headquarters in Beirut
The PLO evacuates Beirut after the Israeli siege and Abbas continues political work from exile
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