2006 Baalbek hospital raid

<p>During the <a href="/facts/2006_Lebanon_War/fBLLu3GN">2006 Lebanon War</a>, Operation Sharp and Smooth , also known as the <a href="/facts/Baalbek/5pHygt5K">Baalbek</a> operation, was an <a href="/facts/Israel_Defense_Forces/9hPaqcAM">Israel Defense Forces</a> (IDF) raid on a hospital in the city of <a href="/facts/Baalbek/5pHygt5K">Baalbek</a>, which was being used as a <a href="/facts/Hezbollah/HRhTo2rI">Hezbollah</a> headquarters, and a neighbourhood of the city. The precise objectives of the raid remain classified, but it is known that a number of Lebanese, including Hezbollah and armed Lebanese Communist Party members, were killed, and five Lebanese civilians were arrested and detained in Israel as suspected Hezbollah members, but released after three weeks. The casualty figures for the raid vary. According to inquiries by <a href="/facts/Human_Rights_Watch/X265jj8r">Human Rights Watch</a> (HRW) and Lebanese authorities 16 Lebanese residents, most of them civilians, were killed. According to IDF ten Hezbollah militants were killed in the attack.
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2006 Baalbek hospital raid