The Battle of Aishiya was fought on October 19, 1976, when a combined force of PLO and Communist gunmen attacked Aishiya, an isolated Christian village in a mostly Muslim area of southern Lebanon. The village was successfully defended by the artillery arm of the Israeli Defense Forces during the day, with 24 shells (each packing 66 kilograms of TNT) fired by 175-millimeter self-propelled artillery units. However, the attackers returned in the night-time and took the village. The inhabitants soon fled to Christian areas, but most returned in 1982. October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (Arabic Munazzamat al-Tahrir Filastiniyyah منظمة تحرير فلسطينية ) is a political and paramilitary organization of Palestinian Arabs dedicated to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state to consist of the... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ... A Christian is a follower of Jesus of Nazareth, referred to as Christ. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Turkish: Müslüman, Persian and Urdu: مسلمان, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of Islam. ... The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew: צבא ההגנה לישראל Tsva Ha-Haganah Le-Yisrael ([Army] Force [for] the Defense of Israel), often abbreviated צהל Tsahal, alternative English spelling Tzahal, is the name of Israels armed forces... Trinitrotoluene (TNT) is an explosive. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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