The hijackers demanded Request the release Releasing of 700 Shi'ite Muslims from Israeli custody and took Conquering the plane repeatedly to Beirut and Algiers .

Israel attacked Attack both Hezbollah military targets and Lebanese civilian infrastructure , including Beirut 's Rafic Hariri International Airport .

Two PFLP hijackers who were prevented Preventing_or_letting from boarding the El Al flight , hijacked Committing_crime instead Pan Am Flight 93 , a Boeing 747 , diverting the large plane first to Beirut and then to Cairo , rather than to the small Jordanian airstrip .

Fatah called Name_conferral the hijacking Kidnapping `` Operation Attack of the Martyr Kamal Adwan '' , after the PLO chief of operations killed Killing in the Israeli commando raid Attack on Beirut in April 1973 .

Responding to the government 's crackdown Attack on Hezbollah 's secured network the militants belonging to the organization and its allies have blocked Hindering Beirut airport as well as main city streets , paralyzing Hindering the life in the capital .

On 19 October 2012 , Wissam al-Hassan , a brigadier general of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces ( ISF ) and the head of its intelligence-oriented information branch , died Death along with several others killed Killing by a car bomb in the Achrafieh district of Beirut .

The killing of a senior figure closely linked Connect with the anti-Assad camp in Lebanon led to Causation immediate speculation that Syria , or its allies , were behind the attack in Beirut .

According to Lebanon 's National News Agency , a total of eight died Death and 110 were injured Bodily_harm in the explosion , making it the deadliest bombing in Beirut since 2008 .

Malév Flight 240 was a regular service Supply from Budapest Ferihegy International Airport , Hungary , to Beirut International Airport , Lebanon .

The Safra massacre , or the Day of the Long Knives , occurred Coming_to_be in the coastal town of Safra ( north of Beirut ) on 7 July 1980 , during the Lebanese civil war , as part of Bashir Gemayel 's effort to consolidate all the Christian fighters under his leadership in the Lebanese Forces .

On 6 December 1975 , a Saturday , four young Christian Phalangists were assassinated Killing on the Fanar ( Matn ) road in Beirut .

The Phalangist set up Building a roadblock near the Port of Beirut , and proceeded Deciding to murder Killing any passing Motion_directional civilian that was Muslim or Druze .

The Phalanges , allies to the Israeli Defence Forces ( IDF ) , were ordered Request by the IDF to clear out Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) fighters from Sabra and Shatila , as part of the IDF maneuvering into West Beirut .

Various forces — Israeli , Phalangists and possibly also the South Lebanon Army ( SLA ) — were in the vicinity of Sabra and Shatila at the time of the slaughter , taking Action advantage of the fact that the Multinational Force had removed Removing barracks and mines that had encircled Attack Beirut 's predominantly Muslim neighborhoods and kept Temporary_stay the Israelis at bay during the Beirut siege .

Various forces — Israeli , Phalangists and possibly also the South Lebanon Army ( SLA ) — were in the vicinity of Sabra and Shatila at the time of the slaughter , taking Action advantage of the fact that the Multinational Force had removed Removing barracks and mines that had encircled Attack Beirut 's predominantly Muslim neighborhoods and kept Temporary_stay the Israelis at bay during the Beirut siege .

The Israeli advance over West Beirut in the wake of the PLO withdrawal Action , which enabled Preventing_or_letting the Phalangist raid Attack , was considered Agree_or_refuse_to_act a violation of the ceasefire Process_end agreement between the various forces .

Other Phalangist commanders involved Participation were Joseph Edde from South Lebanon , Dib Anasta , head of the Phalangist Military Police , Michael Zouein , and Maroun Mischalani from East Beirut .