Original sentence: On 6 June 1982, Israeli forces under direction of Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invaded southern Lebanon in their "Operation Peace for the Galilee", citing the assassination attempt against Israel's ambassador in London on 3 June by Hassan Said of the small Iraqi-supported Palestine National Liberation Movement headed by Yasser Arafat's opponent Abu Nidal.The cycle of violence escalated, and the United Nations expressed "deep concern at the extent of the loss of life and the scale of the destruction caused by the deplorable events that have been taking place for several days in Lebanon,"   Noam Chomsky alleges that Israeli attacks continued from August 1981 to May 1982 during which there were 2125 violations of Lebanese airspace and 652 violations of Lebanese territorial waters (Chomsky, 1999, p
Edited sentence: (Chomsky, 1999, p.Although the United Nations expressed "deep concern at the extent of the loss of life and the scale of the destruction caused by the deplorable events that have been taking place for several days in Lebanon,"   Israeli provocations continued from August 1981 to May 1982 during which there were 2125 violations of Lebanese airspace and 652 violations of Lebanese territorial waters (Chomsky, 1999, p.David Ben-Gurion, the first prime minister of Israel, had been insistent that southern Lebanon to the Litani River as well as southern Syria, Jordan and the Sinai should form "the boundaries of Zionist aspirations".It later emerged that the invasion had been planned since the return to power of Begin and Sharon and that the United States had foreknowledge of the invasion plans.On 6 June 1982, Israeli forces under direction of Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invaded southern Lebanon in their "Operation Peace for the Galilee" using as a pretext the assassination attempt against Israel's ambassador in London on 3 June by Hassan Said of the small Iraqi-supported Palestine National Liberation Movement headed by Yasser Arafat's opponent Abu Nidal