CIVIC: Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict

On a Thursday morning we left Tyre and traveled south to visit with more survivors and survey some of the other small towns.  The first one we came to was Qana.  Lebanese Christians believe this is where Jesus performed his first miracle, turning water to wine.

Qana also has a long, sad history of conflict.  Perhaps most notably in 1996, when an Israeli missile attack hit a UN tent where the townspeople had fled for safety.  Israel claimed a rocket launcher had been located nearby making the tent a viable target, but more than 100 civilians died that day.

In the 2006 war, Qana was peppered with clusters throughout the town and surrounding hills.  This is the story Mahdi, one small survivor.

In July 2006, armed conflict broke out between Israeli Defense Forces and Hizbollah, a militant Islamic organization in Lebanon. The war wreaked havoc on civilians on both sides of the border. To mark the two year anniversary and in honor of those civilians killed and injured, CIVIC (Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict) has launched this website to give voice to those who survived. 

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To learn more about the recent conflict between Israel & Lebanon, visit: Heal the Wounds: Israel & Lebanon

To read our recent blog posts on Israel & Lebanon, visit: CIVIC from the Field: Israel & Lebanon

To read recent news stories on Israel & Lebanon, visit: The War Victims Monitor: Israel & Lebanon

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