Failed Assassination of Shlomo Argov

Date: June 3, 1982 • Location: Jerusalem, Israel

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1982.

A failed assassination attempt was made on Shlomo Argov, the Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, triggering an Israeli decision to invade Lebanon three days later.

Shlomo Argov was an Israeli diplomat. He was the Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, whose attempted assassination led to the 1982 Lebanon War.