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Three separate Israeli air strikes in Burj al-Shamali, Rweiss and Britel kill 51 people
Associated Timeline/Case:
New Wars, No Peace | January, 2006 to December, 2008
Date of incident:
August 13, 2006
Death toll:
51persons
Number of Injured:
18persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Israeli army
On August 13, 2006: - In Burj al-Shamali, South Lebanon, two women and three children were killed in an air strike. - In Rweiss, in Beirut’s southern suburbs, 36 civilians (and four Hezbollah members) were killed by an Israeli air strike on a complex of 8 to 10 buildings. - In Britel, in the Beqaa, 6 civilians were killed and 18 wounded by a single missile from an Israeli warplane that destroyed a two-storey house.
Primary category:
Air Strike
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