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The Israeli military operation in Lebanon, known as Operation Grapes of Wrath, concluded after 16 days of intense military engagement, marking a significant moment in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Lebanese forces.
Operation Grapes of Wrath known in Lebanon as the April Aggression was a seventeen-day campaign of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) against Hezbollah in 1996 which attempted to end the Iran-backed group's rocket attacks on northern Israeli civilian centres by forcing the group north of the Litani River, out of easy range of these civilian centres.
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Sotherby ends a 4 day auction of Jackie Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's estate takes in $34.5 million
In New York on this day, the glitzy garage sale of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's estate ended with Sotheby's cash registers totalling $34.5 million in sales. Second highest price was $1.3 million paid for the antique French desk where President Kennedy signed the 1963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
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NASA Astronomy published this picture of this day which featured an image of the centre of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) and Imran Khan launched his political front
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In a significant diplomatic breakthrough, Yasser Arafat leads the Palestine Liberation Organization to drop its clause calling for Israel's removal.
Also The UN and Iraq end a third round of negotiations over Iraq's possible sale of $1 billion of oil for 90 days for a 180-day trial period.
In response, the Israeli government reciprocates by removing a similar clause regarding Palestine's existence, signalling potential progress towards peace.
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