Editing 1982 Lebanon War (section)

===Political outcome for Lebanon===
The Israeli-Maronite alliance dissolved, and Sharon's goal of installing a pro-Israel Christian government in Beirut was not accomplished.<ref>[[#refMorris1999|Morris, p. 551]]</ref> 850,000 Christians emigrated out of Lebanon during the Civil War, most of them permanently.<ref>{{cite book|last=Dagher|first= Carole|title= Bring Down the Walls: Lebanon's Post-War Challenge|page=71|isbn=978-0-312-29336-9|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|year=2002}}</ref>

The withdrawal of the IDF from central Lebanon in the summer of 1983 was followed by one of the bloodiest phases of the Lebanese war, where the Christian Militia (the [[Lebanese Forces]]) was left alone to defend the "Mountain" area which comprised the [[Aley District|Aley]] and [[Chouf District|Chouf]] districts against a coalition of [[Druze]] [[Progressive Socialist Party|PSP]], PLO remnants, Syrian Army, Lebanese Communist, and [[Syrian Social National Party]]. This heavily impacted the civilian population from both sides, with more than 5,000 killed from both sides.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} The [[Mountain War (Lebanon)|Mountain War]] ended after the Christian forces and civilians withdrew to the town of Deir el Kamar, where they were besieged for 3 months before all hostilities ceased and they were transported to East Beirut.

The invasion led to the switching of sides of [[Amal Movement]], which used to fight against the [[PLO]] prior to the invasion. The invasion is also popularly held to be the major catalyst for the creation of the Iranian and Syrian supported [[Hezbollah]] organization, which by 1991 was the sole armed militia in Lebanon not supported by Israel and by 2000 had completely replaced the vanquished PLO in Southern Lebanon.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}