Kammala wannan jumla: A cikin shekarun da suka biyo bayan yakin 1948, iyakar Isra'ila da Lebanon ta kasance mai natsuwa idan aka kwatanta da iyakokinta da sauran makwabta. Amma yarjejeniyar Cairo ta 1969 ta baiwa kungiyar PLO damar kaiwa Isra'ila hari daga Kudancin Lebanon. Yankin ya mallaki PLO ne ba tare da Gwamnatin Lebanon ba kuma an san shi da "
Fatahland" (Fatah ita ce babbar ƙungiya a cikin PLO). 'Yan Falasdinawa marasa tsari suna ta harbi arewacin Isra'ila, musamman garin Kiryat Shmona, wanda shine sansanin Likud wanda yafi yawan Yahudawa da suka tsere daga kasashen Larabawa. Rashin kula da yankunan Palasdinawa ya kasance muhimmin mahimmanci wajen haifar da yakin basasa a Lebanon.