1968 Israeli raid on Lebanon
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The 1968 Israeli raid on Lebanon, code-named Operation Gift (Hebrew: מבצע תשורה, mivtza t'shura), was an Israeli Special Forces operation at the Beirut International Airport in the evening of December 28, 1968, in retaliation for the attack on the Israeli Airliner El Al Flight 253 two days earlier by the Lebanon-based Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
1968 Israeli raid on Lebanon | |
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Part of the Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon | |
Planned by | Israel Defense Forces |
Objective | Destroy Middle East Airlines passenger planes on Beirut International Airport |
Date | December 28, 1968; 55 years ago (1968-12-28) |
Executed by | Sayeret Matkal |
Outcome | Israeli success |
The commandos from the Israeli army's elite Sayeret Matkal destroyed 12 passenger airplanes[note 1] belonging to Middle East Airlines (MEA) and Lebanese International Airways (LIA) and two cargo planes belonging to Trans Mediterranean Airways (TMA).[1][2] There were no casualties reported in the raid.[3]