1982–1983 Tyre headquarters bombings — the full case file

Israel blamed the 1982 Tyre bombing on an accidental gas explosion until 2024, when investigators called it a likely suicide attack. Two suicide bombings struck the Israeli military headquarters building in Tyre, Lebanon, in November 1982 and November 1983, killing a combined 104 Israelis and dozens of Lebanese and Palestinian detainees. In June 1982, Israel invades Lebanon and establishes military command posts, including a headquarters building in Tyre. On November 11, 1982, a car bomb destroys the Israeli military headquarters building in Tyre, killing dozens of Israeli personnel and Lebanese/Palestinian detainees. On November 4, 1983, a second suicide bombing, attributed to Hezbollah, destroys a Shin Bet building at the Israeli base in Tyre. In July 2024, a joint IDF-Shin Bet-police investigation concludes it is highly probable the 1982 explosion was caused by a suicide bomber rather than an accident. The case is recorded as solved. This case file is kept in memory of the victims and the people who loved them. The full sourced case file, with every fact cited, is at casepin dot org.

Transcript from the video’s narration track. For every source, open the case file.