2006 Ghaziyeh airstrikes

yes 2006 Ghaziyeh airstrikes the 2006 Lebanon War Airstrike Ghaziyeh, Lebanon 33 31 7.19 N 35 20 55.55 E Lebanon 250 Location of Ghaziyeh within Lebanon Ghaziyeh 7–8 August 2006 Israel 26-30 33+ The 2006 Ghaziyeh airstrikes also referred to as the 2006 Ghaziyeh massacreLahlali El Mustapha Contemporary Arab Broadcast Media 2011 Edinburgh University Press 9780748688647 146 https://books.google.com/books?id=ydFvAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA146 24 April 2017 were two sequential attacks by the Israel Air Force (IAF) on the city of Ghaziyeh in Lebanon on August 7, and August 8, 2006. The attacks took place during the 2006 Lebanon War. In the first attack on August 7, the IAF bombed a building killing 16 people.http://www.rebuildlebanon.gov.lb/images_Browse/ADC-RILebanonReport%20(2).pdf Eyewitness Lebanon, July–August 2006: An International Law Inquiry Sherry Virginia N. 2007 American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Research Institute 70–73 23 April 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170424093958/http://www.rebuildlebanon.gov.lb/images_Browse/ADC-RILebanonReport%20(2).pdf 24 April 2017 dead In the second attack on August 8, the IAF fired five missiles into three buildings killing a total of 8 to 14http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-08-08T201315Z_01_L07726695_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsHome-C1-topNews-3 Israeli strike kills 14 Perry Tom 8 August 2006 Reuters https://web.archive.org/web/20061025044729/http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews 25 October 2006 dead civilians and wounding 33.https://books.google.com/books?id=8P9-VqpNRv4C&pg=PA134 Why They Died: Civilian Casualties in Lebanon During the 2006 War Bouckaert Peter 2007 Human Rights Watch 134–136 A total of 26 to 30 civilians died in the attacks. Timeline of events First IAF Attack On 7 August the IAF targeted a building in Ghaziyeh, killing 16 and collapsing the building. Second IAF Attacks On 8 August the IAF targeted a building and launched three missiles at it. An IDF spokesman claimed the building housed a Hezbollah member and that was why it was targeted. One person was killed and five were wounded in this attack. Witnesses told an AP reporter that one of the destroyed houses belonged to Sheik Mustafa Khalifeh, a cleric linked to Hezbollah, but it was unclear if he was among the casualties.Israeli airstrikes kill 13 in town mourning victims from attacks a day earlier 2006-08-08 AP http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/08/10/news/nation/12_38_308_8_06.txt The first bombing run happened as the funerals for the fifteen victims of the attack on the previous day were taking place. The mourners were reportedly 500 metres away from the blast,"Israel in new deadly strike on grieving Lebanon village https://web.archive.org/web/20091231061822/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=74598 2009-12-31 , August 9, 2006" which then sent around 1,500 mourners running through the streets in panic."13 dead in strikes on Lebanese town https://web.archive.org/web/20221030171628/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/aug/08/syria.israel 2022-10-30 , August 9, 2006" Eight civilians were killed and 33 wounded in the second IAF attack, Lebanon's security forces said.Fighting rages as diplomatic efforts heat up: report 2006-08-08 CNN http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/08/mideast.main/index.html Thirty minutes after this airstrike, the IAF, according to the mayor, Mohammed Ghaddar, staged four more bombing runs, destroying two buildings. Twelve people were killed in these bombings, with eighteen wounded according to a total from the three area hospitals.April 2017 Area Ghaziyeh is just south of Sidon, around 40 km from Beirut. The city had been housing many refugees who had moved north to avoid fighting near the Israeli border and its population is reported to have swollen to 23,000. The IDF has said that leaflets warning residents to move out of the city were dropped prior to the second attack."Israeli strike kills 14 in Lebanon village, August 8, 2006" Israeli bombers hit targets in Beirut, Tyre, Qassmieh, Ghaziyeh, Ghassaniyeh, Nabatiyeh, Naqoura and Ras al-Biyada on August 7.April 2017 Medical and humanitarian response In the first attack, Lebanese rescue workers dug with their hands and used a bulldozer to look for survivors of the attack with initial reports putting the death toll at eighteen."Arab nations demand UN shift to end Lebanon war https://web.archive.org/web/20070311090728/http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/08/07/un_deal_over_lebanon_delayed/ 2007-03-11 , August 7, 2006" Reactions July 2010 See also 2006 Qana airstrike 2006 al-Qaa airstrike 2006 Shiyyah airstrike 2006 Marjayoun convoy References Category:Airstrikes during the 2006 Lebanon War Category:August 2006 in Lebanon Category:Israeli war crimes in Lebanon Category:Massacres in Lebanon Category:Massacres committed by Israel Category:Sidon District Category:Massacres in 2006 Category:21st-century mass murders in Lebanon Category:2006 building bombings Category:Residential building bombings in Lebanon Category:Attacks on funerals in Asia