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1983 Beirut barracks bombings...
1983 Beirut barracks bombings...
Item # 722290
November 04, 1983
LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 4, 1983
* Tyre, Southern Lebanon
* Suicide truck bombing
* Israeli military headquarters
* Islamic Jihad Organization (Hezbollah)
The front page has a banner headline: "29 Dead, Israelis Strike Back" with subhead. (see images)
Complete 1st section only with 24 pages, nice condition.
AI notes: On November 4, 1983, a suicide truck bomb targeted the Israeli military headquarters in Tyre, southern Lebanon, killing approximately 28 Israeli personnel and 32 Lebanese detainees, while wounding dozens more. The attack was claimed by the Islamic Jihad Organization, an early precursor to Hezbollah, and represented one of the first major suicide bombings against Israeli forces in Lebanon. In response, the Israeli Air Force carried out airstrikes on Syrian- and Palestinian-controlled positions near Beirut, escalating the conflict. Though sometimes mistakenly associated with Beirut due to reporting conventions and the proximity of events in the Lebanese Civil War, the bombing occurred in Tyre and highlighted the growing threat of militant attacks on both occupying forces and local populations, contributing to the intensifying cycle of violence in southern Lebanon.
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