Al-Qaa airstrike

Al-Qaa airstrike
Part of the 2006 Lebanon War
TypeAirstrike
Location
Qaa, Lebanon

34°20′37″N 36°28′32″E / 34.34361°N 36.47556°E / 34.34361; 36.47556
Date4 August 2006 (2006-08-04)
Executed byIsrael Israel Air Force
Casualties33 killed
20 injured
Qaa is located in Lebanon
Qaa
Qaa
Location of Qaa within Lebanon

The 2006 Qaa airstrike was an attack by the Israel Air Force (IAF) on a building in the area of al-Qaa around 10 kilometers (six miles) from Hermel in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon on 4 August 2006. The attack took place during the 2006 Lebanon War. Thirty-three farm workers, mostly Syrian and Lebanese Kurds, were killed during the airstrike.[1]

  1. ^ "Israeli bombardment kills 40 civilians in Lebanon". Reuters. 2006. Archived from the original on 25 October 2006.