Nabatieh Fawka attack

Nabatieh Fawka attack
Part of Operation Grapes of Wrath
Ibrahim Abed, 15, trapped under the rubble
Fawka is located in Lebanon
Fawka
Fawka
LocationNabatieh Fawka, Lebanon
Coordinates33°21′22″N 35°29′44″E / 33.35609770976337°N 35.495629224522226°E / 33.35609770976337; 35.495629224522226
Date16 April 1996
6:30 AM (UTC+03:00)
Attack type
Airstrike, mass murder
Deaths9
Injured2
PerpetratorsIsrael Defence Forces (IDF)

The Nabatieh Fawka attack occurred on 16 April 1996, when Israeli warplanes bombed an apartment in the village of Nabatieh Fawka, killing nine people, seven of whom were children.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ lebanons02 (2014-10-22). "An Israeli warplane destroyed a two-story house in upper Nabatieh killing nine civilians, including a mother and her seven children". Civil Society Knowledge Centre. Retrieved 2021-04-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ HRW 1997, p. 22.
  3. ^ WP 1996.
  4. ^ Fisk 2006, p. 959.
  5. ^ The Economist 1996-07-15: Vol 336 Iss 7923. The Economist Intelligence Unit N.A. 1996-07-15.
  6. ^ Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (16 November 1998). "Universal Declaration of Human Rights – Lebanon document – Letter from Lebanon". Question of Palestine. United Nations. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  7. ^ Jehl 1996.