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Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.
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Coastal road massacre
1978 hijacking of an Israeli bus by Palestinian militants near Tel Aviv
The coastal road massacre occurred on 11 March 1978, when Palestinian militants hijacked a bus on the Coastal Highway of Israel and murdered its occupants; 38 Israeli civilians, including 13 children, were killed as a result of the attack while 76 more were wounded. The attack…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Fatah
Palestinian political party
Fatah, officially the Palestinian National Liberation Movement, is a Palestinian nationalist and social democratic political party. It is the largest faction of the confederated multi-party Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the second-largest party in the Palestinian…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
1978 South Lebanon conflict
Invasion of southern Lebanon by Israel as part of the Lebanese Civil War
The 1978 South Lebanon conflict, also known as the First Israeli invasion of Lebanon and codenamed Operation Litani by Israel, began when Israel invaded southern Lebanon up to the Litani River in March 1978. It was in response to the Coastal Road massacre near Tel Aviv by…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
March 11
Day of the year
March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 295 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)