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Israel's second invasion of Lebanon in June 1982 succeeded in driving thousands of Palestinian fighters under the command of PLO Chairman Arafat out of Southern Lebanon and West Beirut.

Under international auspices, Arafat and its PLO forces were evacuated to northern Lebanon and settled in Tripoli.

By this time, however, Syrian President Hafez al-Assad proceeded to expel Chairman Arafat and the Palestinian factions allied to him out from Lebanon.

Israel's second invasion was extremely devastating, and resulted in a 20 year-long occupation of Lebanon, particularly of the South.

Tens of thousands of Lebanese civilians were killed and another consequence of this occupation was the formation of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah.