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There have been many casualties in the 2006 Lebanon War, leading to condemnation of both sides, however the exact distribution of casualties has been disputed. The Lebanese Higher Relief Council (HRC), [1] UNICEF, [1] and various press agencies and news organizations have stated that most of those killed were Lebanese civilians, [2][3][4][5][6 ...
That war killed 1,200 people in Lebanon, mostly civilians, and 160 Israelis, most of them soldiers, and devastated large swathes of Hezbollah's strongholds. Mass exodus in Lebanon, flights cancelled
2006 Lebanon War. Left: Dust rises after the impact of two bombs dropped during an IAF airstrike on Tyre, Lebanon. * The Lebanese government did not differentiate between civilians and combatants in death toll figures. The 2006 Lebanon War, also called the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah War[39] and known in Lebanon as the July War[1] (Arabic: حرب ...
At least 12 people were killed in the first wave of attacks, [1] including civilians such as two health workers, [103] [25] [104] a 9-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy. [105] [106] [107] The adult son of Ali Ammar, a Hezbollah member of Parliament was killed; [101] Prime Minister Najib Mikati visited southern Beirut to pay his respects. [23]
A rare airstrike on Friday then killed at least 45 people in a densely populated suburb of Beirut, including Hezbollah's senior members as well as dozens of civilians.
While the figures did not differentiate between Hezbollah combatants and civilians among those who were killed, Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abaid said a large number of them were unarmed ...
As of 5 July 2024, Israel reports having killed approximately 366 Hezbollah operatives with over 100 Lebanese civilians confirmed killed. According to the UN, over 90,000 people in Lebanon have been forced to flee their homes, while in Israel, 60,000 civilians have evacuated. [ 20 ]
The Sabra and Shatila massacre was the 16–18 September 1982 killing of between 1,300 and 3,500 civilians—mostly Palestinians and Lebanese Shias —in the city of Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War. It was perpetrated by the Lebanese Forces, one of the main Christian militias in Lebanon, and supported by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF ...