Ghaziyeh airstrikes

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Ghaziyeh airstrikes
Part of the 2006 Lebanon War
TypeAirstrike
Location
Ghaziyeh, Lebanon

33°31′7.19″N35°20′55.55″E / 33.5186639°N 35.3487639°E / 33.5186639; 35.3487639
Date7–8 August 2006
Executed byIsrael Air Force Flag.svg  Israeli Air Force
Casualties26-30 killed
33+ injured
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Ghaziyeh
Location of Ghaziyeh within Lebanon

The 2006 Ghaziyeh airstrikes also referred to as the 2006 Ghaziyeh massacre [1] 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. [2] In the second attack on August 8, the IAF fired five missiles into three buildings killing a total of 8 [2] to 14 [3] civilians and wounding 33. [4] [2] A total of 26 [4] to 30 civilians died in the attacks. [2]

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Timeline of events

First IAF Attack

On 7 August the IAF targeted a building in Ghaziyeh, killing 16 and collapsing the building. [2]

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. [5]

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, [6] which then sent around 1,500 mourners running through the streets in panic. [7] Eight civilians were killed and 33 wounded in the second IAF attack, Lebanon's security forces said. [8] [2]

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. [5] [ dead link ]

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. [5] The IDF has said that leaflets warning residents to move out of the city were dropped prior to the second attack. [9]

Israeli bombers hit targets in Beirut, Tyre, Qassmieh, Ghaziyeh, Ghassaniyeh, Nabatiyeh, Naqoura and Ras al-Biyada on August 7.[ citation needed ]

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. [10]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sherry, Virginia N. (2007). "Eyewitness Lebanon, July–August 2006: An International Law Inquiry" (PDF). American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Research Institute. pp. 70–73. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  3. ↑ Perry, Tom (8 August 2006). "Israeli strike kills 14". Reuters. Archived from the original on 25 October 2006.
  4. 1 2 Bouckaert, Peter (2007). Why They Died: Civilian Casualties in Lebanon During the 2006 War. Human Rights Watch. pp. 134–136.
  5. 1 2 3 "Israeli airstrikes kill 13 in town mourning victims from attacks a day earlier". AP. 2006-08-08.
  6. ↑ "Israel in new deadly strike on grieving Lebanon village Archived 2009-12-31 at the Wayback Machine , August 9, 2006"
  7. ↑ "13 dead in strikes on Lebanese town Archived 2022-10-30 at the Wayback Machine , August 9, 2006"
  8. ↑ "Fighting rages as diplomatic efforts heat up: report". CNN. 2006-08-08.
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  10. ↑ "Arab nations demand UN shift to end Lebanon war Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine , August 7, 2006"
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