Casualties and Memorial Services
According to Lebanese Red Cross and Tyre hospital records, twenty-eight people were recorded killed in the attack on Qana. At least eight people in the homes survived the attack, some of whom were wounded. The dead ranged in age from nine months to 75 years.
The pro-Israel media watchdog group CAMERA speculates that the fighters were killed in Qana. Hundreds of Lebanese and some international observers marched in the funeral.
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