Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ko da yake ya dauki nau'i na wani soja na Isra'ila a kudancin Lebanon, Operation Litani ya taso ne daga rikici na Isra'ila da Palasdinawa. Bayan 1968, kungiyar PLO, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, da sauran kungiyoyin Falasdinawa sun kafa wata ƙasa a kudancin Lebanon, ta yin amfani da shi a matsayin tushe don
hare-haren da aka kai kan fararen hula a arewacin Isra'ila, da kuma hare-haren ta'addanci a kan Isra'ila da sauran manufofi a duniya. Wannan ya kara tsanantawa ne ta hanyar kwararar mayakan PLO 3,000 da ke tserewa daga rashin nasara a yakin basasa na Jordan da sake tattarawa a kudancin Lebanon. Isra'ila ta mayar da martani tare da hare-haren lalacewa a kan sansanonin PLO.