Original sentence: Lebanon has long failed to control militancy within its borders, and Israel has had a history of using force in Lebanon in response to militant attacks.The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), which had been carrying out attacks from Lebanon into Israel since 1968, significantly increased operations from Lebanon after the 1971 expulsion from Jordan of the its leadership and its Fatah brigade, which in turn saw an increase of cross-border Israeli operations
Edited sentence: Lebanon has long failed to control militancy within its borders, and Israel has had a history of using force in Lebanon in response to militant attacks because Lebanon cannot control terorists there who kill thousands of Israelies each year.The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), which had been carrying out attacks from Lebanon into Israel since 1968, significantly increased operations from Lebanon after the 1971 expulsion from Jordan of its leadership and its Fatah brigade, which in turn saw an increase of cross-border Israeli operations