This week in history: April 12-18 11 April 2021 UN workers collect the dead at UN Refugee Camp at Qana after Israeli massacre On April 18, 1996, over 100 Lebanese civilians were killed after Israel shelled the United Nations compound in Qana. The shelling, known as the Qana Massacre, was part of a broader attack, Operation Grapes of Wrath, launched against Lebanon by Israel, ostensibly in retaliation for previous terrorist attacks. Operation Grapes of Wrath, the 16-day bombardment of southern Lebanon, claimed the lives of over 160 people. Up to 500,000 Lebanese civilians were displaced due to damage from the conflict. It underscored the essentially murderous character of the “peace process” initiated in September 1993 with the US-brokered accord between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).