2006 Shiyyah airstrike

yes Airstrike in Lebanon 2006 Shiyyah airstrike the 2006 Lebanon War Airstrike Shiyyah, Lebanon 33 53 13 N 35 30 47 E Lebanon Location of Shiyyah within Lebanon Shiyyah Hezbollah August 7, 2006 8:00 p.m. EET UTC+02:00 Israel 61 40 The 2006 Shiyyah airstrike was an attack by the Israel Air Force (IAF) on the Shiyyah suburb in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on August 7, 2006, during the 2006 Lebanon War. Two missiles fired from an IDF bomber destroyed three apartment buildings in the suburb."With Fatal Blasts, War Invades Quiet Enclave of Beirut", The Washington Post, August 8, 2006, Contemporary news accounts stated that the death toll from the airstrikes rose as recovery efforts continued, with 50 corpses recovered at the time of reportage and 61 anticipated."Angry Shi'ites bury the dead after Beirut attack https://web.archive.org/web/20060816041357/http://today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=L09804177 August 16, 2006 , August 9, 2006""'Hot air pushed me off my chair. I was on the ground. I thought I was dead' , August 11, 2006" Timeline of events The nearby area of Haret Hreik, described as "Hizbollah's stronghold", had been targeted over a four-week period prior to the attack on Shiyyah, which had not been targeted by the IAF earlier. Around 8 pm local time, an IAF missile hit a five-storey residential apartment block in Hijaj Street, just outside central Beirut, killing a number of civilians and wounding other residents. The area is a densely populated residential district and predominantly Shi'a. Businesses in Hijaj Street include a supermarket, a hairdressing salon, a fishmonger, a greengrocer's and a mobile phone shop, with an internet cafe in the basement of the apartment block. Residents stated that there was no Hezbollah activity in the area. Many of the people killed and wounded were refugees from previous violence in South Lebanon."Terror of war interrupts quiet evening in Shiyyah, August 8, 2006" https://web.archive.org/web/20060812044717/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=74593 August 12, 2006 Fifteen of the dead were from the Remaiti family which owned a residential building in Asaad al-Assad street. According to survivors, before the missiles exploded, an Israeli drone flew over the Shiyyah district. At the same time, it is reported that a young boy drove down Assaad al-Assad street on a motorcycle and fired into the sky with a rifle opposite the Remaiti home. Not long afterwards, the building was hit by two missiles."Robert Fisk: What do you say to a man whose family is buried under the rubble? https://web.archive.org/web/20060815113055/http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article1217826.ece 2006-08-15 , August 9, 2006" "With Fatal Blasts, War Invades Quiet Enclave of Beirut(page 2), August 9, 2006" Medical and humanitarian response Residents of Shiyyah, along with Lebanese Civil Defense and Red Cross workers, worked at trying to remove rubble after the attack before the rest of the building collapsed. Immediately following the attack some of the wounded were taken to Hayat Hospital, Beirut. Casualties Initial reports put the figure at five dead."Israeli strike hits south Beirut, at least 5 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070506120322/http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews 2007-05-06 , August 7, 2006" Reports following this had the figures at 15 to 17 residents killed with 40 wounded.Aftermath of Beirut missile strike, August 8, 2006" Lebanese police said on August 8 that the confirmed figure of 30 dead could rise as recovery attempts continued.October 2021 By August 9 the figure of dead was placed at 41 with the recovery efforts continuing."Lebanese direct growing anger at US, August 10, 2006""Nasrallah backs troops in South, warns of 'graveyard' for enemy, August 8, 2006" https://web.archive.org/web/20070311003645/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=74619 March 11, 2007 By August 11 the Lebanese Health Minister Mohamad Khalifeh, said 50 bodies had been recovered and 61 were expected to be recovered, as 11 civilians that were known to be in the building were still unaccounted. Minister Khalifeh said: "There is no way to know for certain how many were killed. There were many displaced people in the building who are still unaccounted for." See also Al-Qaa airstrike 2006 Qana airstrike 2006 Ghaziyeh airstrikes 2006 Marjayoun convoy References Category:Airstrikes during the 2006 Lebanon War Category:August 2006 in Lebanon Category:2006 building bombings Category:Building bombings in Beirut Category:Baabda District Category:Beirut in the Israeli–Lebanese conflict Category:Violence against Shia Muslims in Lebanon Category:Marketplace attacks in Asia Category:Beirut airstrikes Category:Residential building bombings in Lebanon Category:Massacres committed by Israel