My War Diary: Lebanon, June 5-July 1, 1982

by Dov Yermiya

A passionate, humane eyewitness account of the effects of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon on the civilian population by a lieutenant colonel in the Israeli Defence Forces.

Genres: Lebanon, Nonfiction

157 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1984

About the author

Dov Yermiya (c. 1914 – 30 January 2016) was a former Israeli Defence Forces lieutenant-colonel. In the 1948 Arab–Israeli War he was the officer who directed the assault that ended in the conquest of Saffuriyah, and his memory of the event confirms the version of events given by the Palestinians who fled. During the 1982 Lebanon War, Yermiya was expelled from his unit for voicing public criticism of the IDF's treatment of civilians. In his diary account of the artillery and aerial assault on the refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh, he wrote that the quantity of bombs used to bomb the area reminded him of World War 2. He turned down an appointment that would have made him Military Governor of Nazareth.

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[Samyy · Rating 5 out of 5]

As relevant today as it was in the 80s, a prominent Israeli military officer details some of the atrocities committed against Palestinians by the IDF in the name of Israel & Zionism.