Antoine Lahad

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Antoine Lahad (born 1927) was the leader of the South Lebanon Army (SLA) from 1984 until the SLA's collapse in 2000, following Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon.

General Lahad, a retired high ranking officer in the Lebanese Army was appointed commander of the SLA at the request of former president Camille Chamoun.^{[citation needed]}

In 1988, an attempt was made on Lahad's life by a Lebanese woman named Soha Bechara. Though seriously injured, Lahad survived the assassination attempt.

At the time of the SLA's collapse, Lahad was in Paris with his family. He returned to Israel but arrived after the remainder of the SLA had left Lebanon. He has family members in France, but the French authorities denied him permission to live in France.

Lahad lives in Tel Aviv where for several years where he has managed a Lebanese restaurant.

Lahad’s autobiography was published in 2004.

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• Lahad, Antoine. In the Midst of a Storm: an Autobiography (Tel Aviv: Yedioth Ahronoth Publ. 2004), ed. Estelle Golan. In Hebrew. [1]

• Ynetnews, Interview with Antoine Lahad, 26 November 2006. [2]

• Harald List: Antoine Lahad. in: ORIENT 2/88 p.179-187. Biography in German.