Contemporary era · 1996
Qana massacre
The Qana massacre took place on April 18, 1996, near Qana, a village in then Israeli-occupied Southern Lebanon, when the Israeli military fired artillery shells at a United Nations compound, which was sheltering around 800 Lebanese civilians, killing 106 and injuring around 116. Four Fijian United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon soldiers were also seriously injured.
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- When
- 18 Apr 1996
- Where
- United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
- Era
- Contemporary
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