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Beirut 1968: The Airport Raid That Brought Lebanon to the Brink

7 min•8 juli 2026

December 28, 1968. Israeli commandos land at Beirut's Rafic Hariri International Airport in a lightning operation that destroys 13 civilian aircraft belonging to Middle East Airlines and Lebanese International Airways. The raid, codenamed Operation Gift, was a retaliation for a PFLP attack on an El Al flight in Athens two days earlier. Lucas and Luna explore the political earthquake that followed: the resignation of Prime Minister Abdullah al-Yafi, the street protests that pitted the Lebanese army against Palestinian factions, and the deep fractures the raid exposed between Lebanon's Maronite-dominated state and the growing Palestinian armed presence. They also discuss the Cairo Agreement of 1969, which formalized Palestinian autonomy in southern Lebanon, and the role of figures like Yasser Arafat, Kamal Jumblatt, and Charles Helou. A pivotal moment that set the stage for the 1975 civil war.

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