Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Sojojin Isra'ila sun janye daga baya a 1978, amma sun ci gaba da kula da yankin kudancin ta hanyar gudanar da wani yanki mai tsaro a kan iyaka. Wadannan mukamai sun kasance ne daga Sojojin Lebanon ta Kudu (SLA), 'yan kungiyar kirista-Shi'a karkashin jagorancin Major Saad Haddad da Isra'ila ta goyi bayan su. Firayim Ministan Isra'ila, Menachem Begin na Likud, ya kwatanta halin da ake ciki na 'yan tsirarun Krista a kudancin Lebanon (to, kusan kashi 5% na yawan jama'a a yankin SLA) da na Yahudawa na Turai a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II. Kungiyar PLO ta saba
sun kai wa Isra'ila hari a lokacin tsagaita wuta, tare da fiye da hare-haren 270 da aka rubuta. Mutanen da ke Galili suna barin gidajensu a kai a kai a lokacin waɗannan harbe-harben. Takardun da aka kama a hedkwatar PLO bayan mamayewar sun nuna cewa sun fito ne daga Lebanon. Arafat ya ki yin Allah wadai da wadannan hare-haren a kan cewa tsagaita wuta ya shafi Lebanon ne kawai.