2024 Derdghaya Melkite Church airstrike | |
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Part of the 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon | |
Location | Derdghaya, Lebanon |
Date | 9 October 2024 |
Target | Melkite Church |
Attack type | Airstrikes, massacre |
Deaths | 8+ |
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]
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