First Lebanon War, 1982: A turning point for Israel
At this moment of birth, fraught as are all such moments, many of the core elements that form the current Israeli landscape, politically, militarily and societally, came into being.
IDF TANKS park near houses in Tyre, South Lebanon, July 1982. (photo credit: YOSSI ZAMIR/FLASH90)ByJONATHAN SPYER
