Cika wannan jumla: A 1982, Isra'ila ta yanke shawarar mamaye Lebanon a cikin abin da Isra'ilawa suka kira Operation Peace for Galilee, don kawar da
'Yan tawaye na Falasdinawa da kuma tallafawa mayakan kirista da Free Lebanon State a lokacin yakin basasar Lebanon. Bayan yaƙin 1982-85, IDF ta ci gaba da kasancewa a yankin kudancin Labanon da 'yan bindigar kirista na Lebanon ke sarrafawa, wanda Isra'ilawa suka ayyana a matsayin yankin tsaro. Kodayake yawancin asarar rayuka a lokacin rikici na 1985-2000 tare da Hezbollah sun kasance daga rundunar sojojin Lebanon ta Kudu, wannan turawa ya yi ikirarin asarar rayuka da yawa daga IDF a tsawon shekaru. Babban abin da ya faru na IDF a wancan lokacin shine hatsarin jirgin sama, wanda ya faru a ranar 4 ga Fabrairu, 1997 wanda ya kashe sojoji 73 daga Nahal Brigade, mayakan da ke da makamai da Injiniya (188 Brigade da Battalion 601) da ma'aikatan jirgin sama.