The Mansouri attack occurred on 13 April 1996, when an

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helicopter attacked a vehicle in Mansouri, a village in

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, killing two women and four children.

Attack

At 1:30 PM, Abbas Jiha, a farmer and volunteer ambulance driver, was driving a

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vehicle, with the word "ambulance" written in red. He was taking wounded people as well as four of his children to Sidon. A US-made Israeli

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helicopter chased the car and fired two missiles at it. It killed 6 civilians out of the 13 passengers who were escaping the village.https://www.btselem.org/sites/default/files/israeli_violations_of_human_rights_of_lebanese_civilians.pdf Page 76 The children ages ranged from 7 months to 9 years.

Victims

* Mona Shuweikh, 27 years * Nukha Al Oglah, 35 years *Huda Al Oglah, 11 years * Zeinab Jeha, 7 years * Hanin Jeha, 3 years * Mariam Jeha, 1 month

Aftermath

Although Israeli officials admitted that the vehicle was targeted, Major General

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claimed that it was "used by fighters to flee", but an investigation by

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found no connection between anyone of them to Hezbollah.

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said that Israel broke the

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, which protect civilians even if they were around "armed antagonists".

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called it a "blatant violation of the laws of war".

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