a Fijian had been shot in the chest as he tried to prevent Hezbollah fighters from firing rockets

Submitted by Adam Eylat (Israel), Jul 26, 2006 at 13:13

From the official report of UN's Franklin VAN KAPPEN

Major-General, Military Adviser

My team and I questioned a number of witnesses on the activities of Hezbollah fighters in Qana prior to the incident. The following was found:

(a) Between 1200 and 1400 hours on 18 April, Hezbollah fighters fired two or three rockets from a location 350 metres south-east of the United Nations compound. The location was identified on the ground.

(b) Between 1230 and 1300 hours, they [Hezbollah] fired four or five rockets from location 600 metres south-east of the compound. The location was identified on the ground.

(c) About 15 minutes before the shelling, they [Hezbollah] fired between five and eight rounds of 120 millimetre mortar from a location 220 metres south-west of the centre of the compound. The location was identified on the ground. According to witnesses, the mortar was installed there between 1100 and 1200 hours that day, but no action was taken by UNIFIL personnel to remove it.

( On 15 April, a Fijian had been shot in the chest as he tried to prevent Hezbollah fighters from firing rockets.)

http://www.veteranen.info/~cedarsouthlebanon/resolution/report.htm

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