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Qana is a village located southeast of Tyre in Southern Lebanon. It has been the location of two separate incidents in which the Israeli Defense Forces caused civilian deaths during military operations.

- 1996 shelling of Qana: On 18 April 1996, amid heavy fighting between the Israeli Defense Forces and Hezbollah during "Operation Grapes of Wrath", a Fijian UNIFIL compound in the village was shelled by Israeli artillery, killing 106 civilians and injuring around 116 others who had taken refuge there to escape the fighting. Four UNIFIL soldiers were also seriously injured.

- 2006 Qana airstrike: On 30 July 2006, during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, a double airstrike on the town killed at least 60 people (including 37 children) and injured many others when an apartment building collapsed.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Description
Qana is a village located southeast of Tyre in Southern Lebanon. It has been the location of two separate incidents in which the Israeli Defense Forces caused civilian deaths during military operations.

- 1996 shelling of Qana: On 18 April 1996, amid heavy fighting between the Israeli Defense Forces and Hezbollah during "Operation Grapes of Wrath", a Fijian UNIFIL compound in the village was shelled by Israeli artillery, killing 106 civilians and injuring around 116 others who had taken refuge there to escape the fighting. Four UNIFIL soldiers were also seriously injured.

- 2006 Qana airstrike: On 30 July 2006, during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, a double airstrike on the town killed at least 60 people (including 37 children) and injured many others when an apartment building collapsed.

(Source: Wikipedia)