The 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon (ostensibly in search of Palestinian guerrillas) is known as "Operation Peace for Galilee" in Israel and "The Invasion" in Arabic.
The number plate on the brown Mercedes, although similar to Lebanese number plates in the 80s, has the Arabic number back to front. 72194 in English and 49127 in Arabic.
During the first part of film the tank zooms in on shelf with a bunch of 7 Up cans. The cans all have the current 7 Up graphics despite the films' 1982 setting.