2024 Akkar airstrike
| 2024 Akkar airstrike | |
|---|---|
| Part of the 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon | |
 Map of the Akkar Governorate within Lebanon | |
| Location | Ain Yaaqoub, Akkar Governorate, Lebanon |
| Date | 11 November 2024 |
Attack type | Airstrikes |
| Deaths | 14+ |
| Injured | 15+ |
| Perpetrator |  Israel Defense Forces |
The 2024 Akkar airstrike, also called the Ain Yaaqoub Massacre or the Akkar Massacre by Lebanese sources[1][2] was an Israeli airstrike in Northern Lebanon on 11 November 2024 which killed at least 14 people, and injured at least 15 others.[3]
Background
Ain Yaaqoub is a village in the Akkar Governorate of Northern Lebanon with Greek Orthodox and Sunni Muslim residents.[4]
The day after Hamas's 7 October 2023 attacks on Israel, Hezbollah fired rockets at the Shebaa Farms, claiming solidarity with the "Palestinian people".[5][6][7] This quickly escalated into regular cross-border military exchanges with Israel, impacting northern Israel, southern Lebanon and the Golan Heights.[8] Israel launched a major offensive against Hezbollah in September 2024, killing top commanders and targeted command centers and weapons storage facilities with the aim to have displaced people return to northern Israel.
Attack
On the evening of 11 November 2024, an Israeli airstrike targeted a residential building in Ain Yaaqoub, killing at least 14 of its residents. According to locals, the victims included a Syrian mother and her three children who had lived in the area for several years. [9] Among those killed were also a displaced family from Arabsalim in southern Lebanon who had fled to the north from Israel's bombardment.
Some residents of the village alleged that a Hezbollah member may have been among those in the targeted building, but other locals maintained that those targeted in the airstrike were not involved in Hezbollah.[10]
References
- ^ ميغافون (11 November 2024). عكّار: 8 شهداء وعشرات المفقودين في مجزرة عين يعقوب. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
- ^ "Massacre in Akkar: Destruction in Ain Yaaqoub caused by Israeli attacks". LBCIV7. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
- ^ "Dozens killed and injured in ongoing Israeli aggression on Lebanon". WAFA Agency. Archived from the original on 10 December 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
- ^ "Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon (2010)" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Israel, Hezbollah exchange artillery, rocket fire". Reuters.
- ^ "Hezbollah bombards Israeli positions in disputed area along border with Syria's Golan Heights". AP News. 8 October 2023. Archived from the original on 3 October 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "Hezbollah fires on Israel after several members killed in shelling". Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera English.
- ^ "Hezbollah bombards Israeli positions in disputed area along border with Syria's Golan Heights". AP News. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "'A massacre': Ain Yaacoub, Akkar, in shock after violent Israeli strike". L'Orient Today. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
- ^ Edwards, Madeline. "Deadly Israeli strike shatters 'safety' in remote north Lebanon". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
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