Mansouri attack

Mansouri attack
Part of Operation Grapes of Wrath
Abbas Jiha, holding one of his killed daughters
LocationMansouri, Southern Lebanon
Coordinates33°10′16″N 35°12′33″E / 33.17111°N 35.20917°E / 33.17111; 35.20917
Date13 April 1996
13:40 (UTC+03:00)
Attack type
Airstrike
Deaths6
Injured4
PerpetratorsIsrael Defence Forces

The Mansouri attack occurred on 13 April 1996, when an Israel Defence Forces helicopter attacked an ambulance in Mansouri, a village in Southern Lebanon, killing two women and four children.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

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