NBC Nightly News - 1982-06-06

Name: NBC Nightly News - 1982-06-06
Uploaded: 2025-09-05
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[0:00] Nashville.

[0:00] >> Israeli troops have invaded Lebanon.

[0:03] They're fighting the Palestinians and

[0:05] according to the Syrians, Syrian troops

[0:07] as well.

[0:21] This is NBC Nightly News reporting from

[0:24] New York. Jessica Savage.

[0:27] >> Good evening. And here is the M East

[0:29] situation as we know it tonight. Israel

[0:31] has invaded Lebanon on three fronts. The

[0:34] Israelis say they are trying to clear

[0:36] out PLO strongholds within 25 miles of

[0:38] the Israeli border. This invasion breaks

[0:41] the 11-month-old M East ceasefire. And

[0:44] tonight, Syrian troops have started

[0:46] fighting the Israelis in eastern Lebanon

[0:49] as well. NBC News correspondent Vic Akin

[0:52] is on the Lebanese border.

[0:54] [Music]

[0:56] Israeli armored columns struck in three

[0:58] coordinated drives supported by a heavy

[1:00] artillery barrage.

[1:03] [Music]

[1:09] One army group moved straight up the

[1:11] Lebanese coast toward the Palestinian

[1:13] town of Ty. A second group knifed

[1:15] through the foothills of the Galan

[1:16] Heights. And a third force hid out

[1:18] toward Bowford Castle and the Nabatia

[1:20] area, both Palestinian strongholds. The

[1:23] castle, a 12th century crusader

[1:25] fortress, has been under almost constant

[1:27] air and artillery attack. The Israeli

[1:29] barrage has taken its toll in

[1:31] Palestinian villages and towns around

[1:33] the castle. Civilians as well as

[1:36] Palestinian fighters were killed. In

[1:38] some places, Israeli troops were greeted

[1:40] with white flags. Israeli troops. The

[1:43] use of such heavy weapons by the

[1:45] Israelis indicates that they expect

[1:46] tough resistance in some areas. One

[1:48] Israeli soldier told me, "If the

[1:50] Palestinians have nowhere to run, t