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Injured. 3,500+ [7] Perpetrator. Israel [b][9] On 17 and 18 September 2024, thousands of handheld pagers and hundreds of walkie-talkies intended for use by Hezbollah exploded simultaneously in two separate events across Lebanon and Syria in an Israeli attack. [8] The attack killed at least 42 people, including at least 12 civilians, and wounded ...
Names of the victims of the September 11 attacks were inscribed at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum alphabetically by last name initial. They are organized as such: List of victims of the September 11 attacks (A–G) List of victims of the September 11 attacks (H–N) List of victims of the September 11 attacks (O–Z) For a more ...
Displaced. ~300,000. On 4 August 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in the capital city of Lebanon exploded, causing at least 218 deaths, 7,000 injuries, and US$ 15 billion in property damage, as well as leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless. A cargo of 2,750 tonnes of the substance (equivalent to ...
Broummana bombing (April 1) – A bomb ripped through the Rizk plaza in the Broummana resort village, 20 km (12 mi) east of Beirut. 12 people were injured. [8] Jounieh bomb aftermath. Jounieh bombing (May 7) – A car bomb exploded between the Christian Sawt al Mahaba radio station and the Mar Yuhanna Church in Jounieh.
Islamic Jihad Organization (claimed responsibility) Hezbollah (court finding) The April 18, 1983, United States Embassy bombing was a suicide bombing on the Embassy of the United States in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 32 Lebanese, 17 Americans, and 14 visitors and passers-by. The victims were mostly embassy and CIA staff members, but also ...
Safieddine was targeted during another Israeli airstrike in Beirut on 3 October, [100] [101] [102] with Hezbollah confirming Safieddine's death on 23 October after his body was found. [103] Qassem was then elected secretary-general of Hezbollah on 29 October 2024, following the Israeli assassinations of Nasrallah and his successor.
2015 Beirut bombings. On 12 November 2015, two suicide bombers attacked Bourj el-Barajneh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, that is inhabited mostly by Shia Muslims. [1] Reports of the number of fatalities concluded that 43 people died directly from the detonation. [2][1][3] Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed ...
1984 US embassy bombing in Beirut. On September 20, 1984, the Shi'a Islamic militant group Hezbollah, with support and direction from the Islamic Republic of Iran, carried out a suicide car bombing targeting the US embassy annex in East Beirut, Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War. The attack killed 23 people and 1 attacker.