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The Israeli Army bombed the UNIFIL Fijian battalion in Qana, Sour where between 500 and 800 civilians had taken refuge at least 100 were killed and hundreds wounded
Associated Timeline/Case:
Foreign Presence and Withdrawals | January, 1991 to December, 2005
Date of incident:
April 18, 1996
Death toll:
104persons
Number of Injured:
100persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
UNIFIL
Israeli army
By far the largest attack during this war took place on April 18, 1996. The Israeli Army bombed the UNIFIL Fijian battalion in Qana, Sour, in South Lebanon, where between 500 and 800 civilians had taken refuge. At least 100 were killed and hundreds wounded, along with four UNIFIL personnel.The UN commissioned a report that was submitted to the UN Security Council on May 7, 1996. It stated, “While the possibility cannot be ruled out completely, it is unlikely that the shelling of the United Nations compound was the result of gross technical and/or procedural errors.
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