Wimpy Operation

33°53′43.6″N 35°29′1.3″E / 33.895444°N 35.483694°E / 33.895444; 35.483694

Poster commemorating Khaled Alwan. Main text reads 'The hero of the Wimpy Operation – Martyred Comrade Khaled Alwan'

The Wimpy Operation (Arabic: عملية الويمبي) was an attack on Israeli soldiers in Hamra, a neighbourhood in the west of the Lebanese capital Beirut on September 24, 1982 during the 1982 Lebanon War.[1][2] The Wimpy Operation marked the start of a campaign against Israeli forces in Beirut.[1][3][4]

  1. ^ a b Mermier, Franck. Commémorer la résistance à Beyrouth ouest, published in Franck Mermier and Christophe Varin (ed.), Memoirs of wars in Lebanon (1975–1990), Arles, Sindbad / Actes Sud / Ifpo, 2010, p. 185-204
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  4. ^ Al-Akhbar. ذكرى عملية الويمبي