Cana, Qana, Cana al Galil ou Qana al Galil (en arabe : qānā, قـانـا) est une petite localité qui se trouve dans le Liban du Sud, non loin de Tyr. Elle est connue pour son lien probable avec l'épisode biblique des noces de Cana et pour avoir été le théâtre de plusieurs massacres causés par l'armée israélienne lors de sa guerre contre le Hezbollah.
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Qana, also spelled Cana, Canna or Kana, is a municipality in southern Lebanon located 10 kilometres southeast of the city of Tyre and 12 kilometres north of the border with Israel. It is revered by Lebanese Christians and Muslims alike. The municipality is also known for the two massacres of civilian committed by the Israeli Defense Forces during military operations in Lebanon.
The 10,000 residents of Qana are primarily Shia although there is also a Melkite Christian community in the village.
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The Qana massacre took place on April 18, 1996, near Qana, a village in then Israeli-occupied Southern Lebanon, when the Israeli military fired artillery shells at a United Nations compound, which was sheltering around 800 Lebanese civilians, killing 106 and injuring around 116. Four Fijian United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon soldiers were also seriously injured.
The attack occurred amid heavy fighting between the Israel Defense 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.
The incident would attract attention in later years after Naftali Bennett, the commander of the Israeli commando unit which had called in the barrage, entered politics, eventually becoming Prime Minister of Israel.
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The 2006 Qana airstrike was an airstrike carried out by the Israeli Air Force on a three-story building in the small community of al-Khuraybah near the South Lebanese village of Qana on July 30, 2006, during the 2006 Lebanon War. The strike killed 28 civilians, 16 of whom were children. Israel halted airstrikes for 48 hours following the attack, amid increasing calls for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas.
Initial media reports stated that more than 50 people, including 37 children, had been killed, although later reports revised this to a lower figure of 28, including 16 children, with 13 people reported missing. Residents dug through the rubble with their hands, searching for survivors as bodies were removed. Video broadcast by Arab TV showed the bloodied bodies of women and children who appeared to be wearing nightclothes.
The Israel Defence Forces, although it admitted striking the building, initially denied that the explosion that caused the mass deaths were the result of their attack. This was contested by Qana's residents, who said the building collapsed due to the Israeli bombing. According to the IDF, the bombing was an attempt to stop Katyusha rockets supposedly being fired by Hezbollah into northern Israel from the village over a two-week period and said residents were warned to leave. According to Human Rights Watch, international observers and journalists said there was no evidence the building served any military purpose. Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora accused Israel of war crimes and asked, "Why, we wonder, did they choose Qana yet again?", in reference to an artillery shelling carried out by Israeli forces that killed over 100 civilians at a UN compound 10 years before. Kofi Annan urged the United Nations Security Council to condemn the attack.
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Ar-Ramadiyah is a municipality in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.
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