11 August 2006

⚰Strike on the Marjayoun evacuation convoy: seven killed

AttackerIsrael / IDF➜TargetGovernment

On the evening of 11 August 2006 a convoy of some three thousand civilians and servicemen in hundreds of cars left Marjayoun in coordination with UNIFIL, and Israeli drones struck it near Kefraya and Jamra in the West Bekaa, killing seven, among them the wife of the mayor of Marjayoun and a Red Cross volunteer, and wounding 36; Israel said the convoy had not been coordinated with it.

▲ Israeli troops take the Marjayoun barracks and the "tea" scandal UNSC resolution 1701 ▼

Cause

Israeli troops take the Marjayoun barracks and the "tea" scandal The Hissa bridge massacre and the Super Dvora boat hit (context)

Leads to

UNSC resolution 1701 (context)

Open on the timeline