Qana massacre
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[The shelling of Qana, also referred to as the Qana massacre, took place on April 18, 1996 in Qana, a village in Southern Lebanon, when Israeli artillery hit the area of a UN compound near Qana. Of the 800 Lebanese civilians who had taken refuge in the compound to escape the fighting, 106 were killed and around 116 injured. Four Fijian United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon soldiers were also seriously injured.]

Headless baby in QANA


Among others, the body of a child recovered under the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, is placed in an ambulance Sunday July 30, 2006. At least 50 people, including scores of children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)


The body of a child recovered from under the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, is placed in an ambulance Sunday July 30, 2006. At least 50 people, including scores of children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)


A Lebanese Red Cross volunteer rushes to the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. Dozens of civilians, including at least 20 children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike that flattened houses in this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)


Lebanese army officers inspect the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. Dozens of civilians, including at least 20 children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike that flattened houses in this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)


Lebanese Civil Defence officers run past a mosque destroyed in an attack several days ago according to residents, as they head with stretchers towards the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. Dozens of civilians, including at least 20 children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike that flattened houses in this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)


A Lebanese Civil Defence officer holds a piece of a missile, found in the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. The fragment except various number codes, has a writing in English: "FOR USE ON MK-84 GUIDED BOMB BSU-37 /B ." Dozens of civilians, including at least 20 children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike that flattened houses in this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)


Lebanese army officers walk in the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. Dozens of civilians, including at least 20 children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike that flattened houses in this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)


A Lebanese army officer stands next to the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. Dozens of civilians, including at least 20 children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike that flattened houses in this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)


A United Nations armoured personnel carrier converted into an ambulance drives past a destroyed mosque as it arrives at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. Dozens of civilians, including at least 20 children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike that flattened houses in this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)


Backdropped by a destroyed mosque, Civil Defence workers carry a body recovered under the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. Dozens of civilians, including at least 20 children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike that flattened houses in this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)


Bodies of Lebanese residents of the southern village of Qana near the port city of Tyre, Lebanon, are laid covered after they were removed from under the rubble of a demolished building, background, that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles Sunday, July 30, 2006. At least 50 people, including scores of children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli air strike on this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)


The bodies of Lebanese people recovered under the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, are seen Sunday July 30, 2006. Dozens of civilians, including at least 20 children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike that flattened houses in this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)


Lebanese Red Cross volunteers carry a blanket with the bodies of two children recovered under the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. Dozens of civilians, including at least 20 children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike that flattened houses in this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)


A man looks at the bodies of Lebanese victims, recovered from the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana, after being prepared to be sent to the morgue at the Tyre Government Hospital in the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. Dozens of civilians, including at least 20 children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike that flattened houses in this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)


Civil Defence workers carry a blanket with the bodies of two children recovered from under the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. At least 50 people, including scores of children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)


The bodies of Lebanese victims, recovered from the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana, are seen after being prepared to be sent to the morgue at the Tyre Government Hospital in the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. Dozens of civilians, including at least 20 children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike that flattened houses in this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)


The body of a man recovered from under the rubble of a demolished building, background, that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. At least 50 people, including scores of children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)


A Lebanese resident of the southern village of Qana near the port city of Tyre, Lebanon, pauses as he stands next to covered bodies removed from under the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles Sunday, July 30, 2006. At least 50 people, including scores of children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)


**EDITOR NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT** A Lebanese civil defense worker in an ambulance hold up the body of a child removed from under the rubble of a demolished building, that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles, in the southern village of Qana near the port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Sunday, July 30, 2006. At least 50 people, including scores of children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)


A civil defense worker carries a body of a young Lebanese child recovered from the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. Israeli missiles struck this southern Lebanese village early Sunday, flattening houses on top of sleeping residents. Civil defense workers said up to 50 civilians who had sought refuge in a building that collapsed were killed. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)


Civil defense workers remove the body of Lebanese woman under the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. At least 50 people, including scores of children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. Infuriated Lebanese officials canceled a planned visit by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, adding a major new hurdle to efforts to bring a cease fire. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)


A man covers the body of Lebanese woman recovered from the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. At least 50 people, including scores of children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. Infuriated Lebanese officials canceled a planned visit by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, adding a major new hurdle to efforts to bring a cease fire. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)


A Red Cross paramedic carries a body of Lebanese child recovered from the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. At least 50 people, including scores of children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. Infuriated Lebanese officials canceled a planned visit by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, adding a major new hurdle to efforts to bring a cease fire. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)


A civil defense worker carries a body of Lebanese woman recovered from the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. At least 50 people, including scores of children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. Infuriated Lebanese officials canceled a planned visit by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, adding a major new hurdle to efforts to bring a cease fire. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)


Lebanese men look at bodies of Lebanese victims under the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. At least 50 people, including scores of children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. Infuriated Lebanese officials canceled a planned visit by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, adding a major new hurdle to efforts to bring a cease fire. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)


Red Cross paramedics evacuate an injured Lebanese man recovered from the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli ware plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. At least 50 people, including scores of children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. Infuriated Lebanese officials canceled a planned visit by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, adding a major new hurdle to efforts to bring a cease fire. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)


**EDITORS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT** A Red Cross paramedic looks for survivors among the bodies of Lebanese victims recovered from the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. Dozens of civilians were killed Sunday in one of the deadliest attacks so far in 19 days of fighting, when Israel missiles flattened houses on top of sleeping residents in the southern Lebanese village of Qana, believed to be a launch site for Hezbollah rockets.(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)


Red Cross paramedics evacuate an injured Lebanese man recovered from the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. At least 50 people, including scores of children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on this southern Lebanon village _ the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. Infuriated Lebanese officials canceled a planned visit by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, adding a major new hurdle to efforts to bring a cease fire. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)


Lebanese men evacuate an injured Lebanese man recovered from the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. Israeli missiles struck this southern Lebanese village early Sunday, flattening houses on top of sleeping residents. Lebanese security officials said more than 20 people were killed in the 1 a.m. (2200GMT) air strike at Qana. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)


A Red Cross paramedic passes by the bodies of two Lebanese women recovered from the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. Dozens of civilians were killed Sunday in one of the deadliest attacks so far in 19 days of fighting, when Israel missiles flattened houses on top of sleeping residents in the southern Lebanese village of Qana, believed to be a launch site for Hezbollah rockets. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)


A man carries the body of Lebanese child recovered from the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. Dozens of civilians were killed Sunday in one of the deadliest attacks so far in 19 days of fighting, when Israel missiles flattened houses on top of sleeping residents in the southern Lebanese village of Qana, believed to be a launch site for Hezbollah rockets. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)


Red Cross paramedics recover a body of a young Lebanese child from the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. Dozens of civilians were killed Sunday in one of the deadliest attacks so far in 19 days of fighting, when Israel missiles flattened houses on top of sleeping residents in the southern Lebanese village of Qana, believed to be a launch site for Hezbollah rockets. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)


Civil defense workers recover a body of Lebanese victim from the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. Israeli missiles struck this southern Lebanese village early Sunday, flattening houses on top of sleeping residents. Lebanese security officials said more than 20 people were killed in the 1 a.m. (2200GMT) air strike at Qana. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)


**EDITORS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT** Red Cross paramedics remove the bodies of Lebanese victims recovered from the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. Israeli missiles struck this southern Lebanese village early Sunday, flattening houses on top of sleeping residents. Lebanese security officials said more than 20 people were killed in the 1 a.m. (2200GMT) air strike at Qana. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)


**EDITORS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT** A Red Cross paramedic carries a body of a Lebanese child recovered from the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana near the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Sunday, July 30, 2006. Israeli missiles struck this southern Lebanese village early Sunday, flattening houses on top of sleeping residents. Lebanese security officials said more than 20 people were killed in the 1 a.m. (2200GMT) air strike at Qana. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

1996

The bodies of Shiite Muslim refugees lay covered by blankets at the headquarters of the Fijian battalion attached to the U.N. peacekeeping forces in the village of Qana, Lebanon Thursday, April 18, 1996 after Israeli shelling killing at least 70 and wounding at least 100. (AP Photo)


Blood-stained blankets are left in the UN refugee camp which was destroyed by Israeli army artillery in the village of Qana, south Lebanon Thursday, April 18, 1996. According to a UN spokesman, 155mm artillery shells fired by Israel struck the headquarters of the Fijiian UN battalion in Qana killing scores of Lebanese refugees who had sought sanctuary there from an Israeli military offensive. (AP Photo/Muhamed Zatari)

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