The Qana massacre when at least 106 Lebanese civilians were killed
In Lebanon, the Qana massacre took place when at least 106 civilians were killed when Israel Defence Forces fired artillery shells at the United Nations compound at Quana, a village in then Israeli-occupied Southern Lebanon.
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Naftali Bennett, the commander of the Israeli commando unit which had called in the barrage, entered politics, eventually becoming Prime Minister of Israel.
This tragic incident in compound, which was sheltering around 800 civilians resulting in the deaths of 106 Lebanese and injuring around a further 116 who had sought refuge at the site.
Four Fijian United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon soldiers were also seriously injured. This event became known as the Qana Massacre and sparked international condemnation of the military action.
The attack occurred amid heavy fighting between the Israel Defence Forces and Hezbollah during Operation Grapes of Wrath.
According to Israel, it had launched the artillery barrage to cover an Israeli special forces unit after it had come under mortar fire launched from the vicinity of the compound and radioed a request for support.
Israel's claims were refuted by a United Nations investigation which later found that the Israeli shelling was deliberate, based on video evidence showing an Israeli reconnaissance drone over the compound before the shelling.
The Israeli government at first denied the existence of the drone, but then said, after being told of the video evidence, that the drone was on a different mission. Israel rejected the findings of the UN report concerning the incident.