Original: Although the greater part of the community had already emigrated after the 1958 Crisis and the Lebanese Civil War, Yasir Arafat's PLO forces who occupied it and the Christian Phalangists actually protected Wadi Abu Jamil during the 1982 Lebanon War.
Simplified: But even during the fighting, Yasser Arafat's PLO forces and the Christian Phalangists did protect Wadi Abu Jamil during the 1982 Lebanon War.