Night Of The Gliders
Night of the Gliders ( he, ליל הגלשונים, ''Leil HaGilshonim'') refers to an incident that took place on 25 November 1987, in which two Palestinian guerrillas infiltrated into Israel from South Lebanon using hang gliders to launch a surprise attack against the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). While one was tracked down and killed by Israeli security forces before he could carry out an attack, another one managed to infiltrate an IDF base, killing six Israeli soldiers and wounding eight others before being shot dead. Background In 1987, Israel was occupying a Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon, security zone in Southern Lebanon. One of the organizations fighting Israel there was Ahmed Jibril's Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC), a Damascus-based Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) splinter group, which had been Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon, operating in Lebanon since late 1960s, launching attacks on north Israel. The ...
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South Lebanon Conflict (1985–2000)
The South Lebanon conflict, designated by Israel as the Security Zone in Lebanon Campaign,IDF to recognize 18-year occupation of south Lebanon as official campaign
Times of Israel, Nov 4, 2020. Accessed Nov 5, 2020. was a protracted armed conflict that took place in from 1985 to 2000. It saw fighting between the -dominated