1 July 1971
●The PLO leadership and forces move from Jordan to Lebanon
Beirut & suburbs#Palestinians in Lebanon
PartiesPLO / FatahJordan
After the Jordanian army settled the battle of the Jerash forests in July 1971, the PLO leadership and thousands of fighters moved to Lebanon, which became the main base of Palestinian action; the "state within a state" began in the camps and the South.