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Israeli aircraft targeted civilian infrastructure in 10 raids, namely power stations in Jamhour, Bsalim, Baalbeck, and Bint Jbeil, and a mobile telephone station in Jiyeh, north of Saida and destroyed the Awali River bridge
Associated Timeline/Case:
Foreign Presence and Withdrawals | January, 1991 to December, 2005
Date of incident:
June 24, 1999
Death toll:
7persons
Number of Injured:
49persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Israeli army
June 24, 1999: Israeli aircraft targeted civilian infrastructure in 10 raids, namely power stations in Jamhour, Bsalim, Baalbeck, and Bint Jbeil, and a mobile telephone station in Jiyeh, north of Saida. It also destroyed the Awali River bridge close to Saida. Civilian casualties are listed below: - In Jamhour, five firefighters dead and 12 people wounded. - In Damour, on the coastal highway, two dead. - In Baalbeck, around 30 people wounded. - At the Awali bridge, five civilians and two Lebanese soldiers wounded. During this period, Lebanese civilians, including children and elderly, continued to be forcibly expelled from the Israeli-occupied territory by the SLA. Several hundred people were victims of this practice, which began in 1985.
Primary category:
Air Strike
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