July 30, 2011Israel, Hezbollah Prep for WarSaab & Blanford, Foreign Policy
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![]() AP Photo On July 30, 2006, an Israeli warplane dropped its deadly munitions on an apartment building in the southern Lebanese town of Qana as part of its military operations against Hezbollah during the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. The aerial bombardment buried two large Lebanese families beneath the rubble -- killing 28 civilians, including 16 children. The attack carried grim echoes of the 1996 Israeli shelling of a U.N. compound in Qana, which killed 106 Lebanese civilians and wounded 116 more. TAGGED: Lebanon, Hezbollah, Israel RECOMMENDED ARTICLES
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