Qana: A Stigma on Israel’s face (In Pictures)

Local Editor

April 1996 was a black month in Lebanon’s history, and the 18th of it was a stigma on Israel’s face.

At five past twelve, on the 18th of April 1996, when the Israeli enemy was launching its “Grapes of Wrath” war on Lebanon, families fled from several southern towns to the UNIFIL post in Qana believing they will be safe there.

However, their safe haven became their slaughter place. Israeli shell targeted the UN post's courtyard. The panicked families went into hangars for shelter. It was not long before rounds of Israeli phosphoric shells put an end to the fright and astonishment of more than a hundred of innocent men, women and children. This was Israel's notorious Qana massacre that stunned the world.

It was not the only “Qana” blood bath Israel had committed. More than 60 people were killed, including over 36 sleeping children, when Israeli warplanes bombed the village of Qana for another time in July 2006 Israeli War on Lebanon.

Because a picture is worth a thousand words, following are pictures of some of the tragic massacre during Israel’s 1996 April War on Lebanon.