The 2024 Akkar airstrike, also called the Ain YaaqoubMassacre or the Akkar Massacre by Lebanese sources[1][2] was an Israeli airstrike in Northern Lebanon on 11 November 2024 which killed at least 14 people, and injured at least 15 others.[3]
The day after Hamas's 7 October 2023 attacks on Israel, Hezbollah fired rockets at the Shebaa Farms, claiming solidarity with the "Palestinian people".[5][6][7] This quickly escalated into regular cross-border military exchanges with Israel, impacting northern Israel, southern Lebanon and the Golan Heights.[8] Israel launched a major offensive against Hezbollah in September 2024, killing top commanders and targeted command centers and weapons storage facilities with the aim to have displaced people return to northern Israel.
Attack
On the evening of 11 November 2024, an Israeli airstrike targeted a residential building in Ain Yaaqoub, killing at least 14 of its residents. According to locals, the victims included a Syrian mother and her three children who had lived in the area for several years. [9] Among those killed were also a displaced family from Arabsalim in southern Lebanon who had fled to the north from Israel's bombardment.
Some residents of the village alleged that a Hezbollah member may have been among those in the targeted building, but other locals maintained that those targeted in the airstrike were not involved in Hezbollah.[10]
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