Chyah airstrike

Chyah Airstrike
Part of the 2006 Lebanon War
TypeAirstrike
Location
Chyah, Lebanon

33°53′13″N 35°30′47″E / 33.88694°N 35.51306°E / 33.88694; 35.51306
Target Hezbollah
DateAugust 7, 2006
8:00 p.m. EET (UTC+02:00)
Executed by Israeli Air Force
Casualties50 killed
40 injured
Chyah is located in Lebanon
Chyah
Chyah
Location of Chyah within Lebanon

The Chyah Airstrike was an attack by the Israel Air Force (IAF) on the Shiyyah suburb in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on August 7, 2006, during the 2006 Lebanon War. Two missiles fired from an IDF bomber destroyed three apartment buildings in the suburb.[1] Contemporary news accounts stated that the death toll from the airstrikes rose as recovery efforts continued, with 50 corpses recovered at the time of reportage and 61 anticipated.[2][3]