The 1982 Lebanon War, initiated by Israel’s invasion of southern Lebanon, left a complex and lasting legacy. Aimed at expelling the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the war saw Israeli forces besiege Beirut and engage in heavy fighting with various Lebanese and Palestinian militias. While Israel achieved its military objective of forcing the PLO to evacuate, the invasion destabilized Lebanon further, exacerbating the country’s civil war and sectarian divisions. The war also saw the rise