2024 Derdghaya Melkite Church airstrike

2024 Derdghaya Melkite Church airstrike
Part of the 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
Rescuers among the ruins of the destroyed church
Derdghaya is located in Lebanon
Derdghaya
Derdghaya
Location within Lebanon
LocationDerdghaya, Lebanon
Date9 October 2024
TargetMelkite Church
Attack type
Airstrikes, massacre
Deaths8+
Perpetrator Israel Defense Forces

On 9 October 2024, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted an airstrike on a Melkite church in the village of Derdghaya, in Southern Lebanon, as part of the 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon.[1] The airstrike killed at least eight people inside the church. The IDF also hit the house of a priest and the parish offices.[2]

  1. ^ Balog, Amy (10 October 2024). "LEBANON: At least eight killed in airstrike on church". acnuk.org. Aid to the Church in Need.
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