Lebanese remember 1996 Qana massacre

Título: Lebanese remember 1996 Qana massacre

Autor: ChoiceJJ

Categoria: Notícias e política

Descrição: NBN 080417 [LinkTV/Mosaic] - The shelling of Qana took place on April 18, 1996 in Qana, a village located southeast of Tyre, in Southern Lebanon, when Israeli artillery attacked a UN compound in the village where 800 Lebanese civilians had taken refuge there to escape the fighting, of whom 106 were killed and around 116 others injured. Four Fijian United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon soldiers were also seriously injured. The incident took place amid heavy fighting between the Israeli Defense Forces and Hezbollah during "Operation Grapes of Wrath". Israeli, UN and US officials accused Hezbollah of using civilian refugees as human shields by opening fire from positions near the UN compound. A United Nations military investigation later determined it was unlikely that Israeli shelling of the UN compound was the result of technical or procedural errors. The incident has been widely referred to as a massacre or, since the 2006 Qana airstrike, as the first Qana massacre. This characterisation is rejected by Israel and its supporters. - http://tinyurl.com/649x94

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