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Conflict Incident Report

Casualties of the Seven-Day War or Operation Accountability

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Foreign Presence and Withdrawals | January, 1991 to December, 2005
Date of incident: 
July 25, 1993 to July 31, 1993
Death toll: 
118persons
Number of Injured: 
500persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Israeli army
South Lebanon Army (SLA)
Hezbollah

At the end of the Seven-Day War, the estimated toll on civilians was substantial. • The Israeli attack killed at least 118 Lebanese civilians and wounded 500, with a high number of children and elderly. Also, 55 villages were severely damaged, and 300,000 civilians displaced. • Hezbollah’s attacks on areas of under SLA control caused extensive damage and casualties among noncombatants. • Israeli forces cut the water and electricity supply, and destroyed civilian infrastructure, including schools, mosques, churches, cemeteries, roads, and bridges.

Primary category: 
Bombardment