Military Action:
Cease-fire holds; fears grow of IDF push into northern Lebanon once Beirut crisis is resolved; Lebanese Christian woman caught placing car bomb at Lebanese Information Ministry (explosives labelled in Hebrew).
Casualties:
More fruit, vegetables appear on streets as ICRC convoy carrying food, fuel let into W. Beirut; al-Nahar paper returns to newsstands.
Political Responses:
Israel/ Occupied Territories: Israel approves evacuation plan, agrees to pull back forces along highway while PLO forces evacuate to Syria; Sharon says IDF will not tolerate PLO actions through Syrian lines.
Palestinians/ Lebanese: Lebanese government formally requests troops from US, France and Italy to oversee PLO evacuation.
US and Other Countries: US expresses "relief," "gratification" at Israeli cabinet approval of evacuation plan; UK official expresses satisfaction but says no long-term settlemenit in sight.
UN: 120 members call for Palestinian state.