Israel Defense Forces thrust deep into eastern Lebanon on Tuesday in an escalation of the war and landed troops by helicopter in the Hezbollah heartland near Baalbek.
Lebanese security sources said Israeli soldiers had landed by helicopter near Baalbek in the eastern Bekaa valley as aircraft launched several strikes in the region.
One Lebanese officer saying the Israeli presence in the air above the ancient city was "unprecedented."
I guess he never heard about an event that took place over the Beka Valley in 1982.