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Parts of southern [[Lebanon]] were continuously occupied by [[Israel]] or its allied militia, the principally [[Maronite Christian]] [[South Lebanese Army]], from [[Operation Litani]], which began on March 14, 1978, until [[Prime Minister]] [[Ehud Barak]], himself a veteran of 1973 fighting in Lebanon, finally ordered an Israeli withdrawal on May 24, 2000. The occupation is considered by some sources to have started with the [[1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon]], but the [[United Nations]] did not rule the Israelis to be in compliance with Security Council Resolution 425, passed after Operation Litani, until June 16, 2000.

From 1978-2000, parts of southern [[Lebanon]] were continuously occupied by [[Israel]] or its allied militia, the principally [[Maronite Christian]] [[South Lebanese Army]]. the occupation, given the codenam [[Operation Litani]], began on March 14, 1978, and ended when [[Prime Minister]] [[Ehud Barak]], himself a veteran of 1973 fighting in Lebanon, finally ordered an Israeli withdrawal on May 24, 2000. The [[United Nations]] did not rule the Israelis to be in compliance with Security Council Resolution 425, which called for the total withdrawal of Israeli forces from the area, until June 16, 2000.

 

Some analyses date the beginning of the occupation four years later, with the [[1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon]].

== Operation Litani ==

== Operation Litani ==