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Your continued donations keep Wikipedia runningQanaFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchQana (in Arabic: ÞÜÇäÜÇý) is a village in southern Lebanon located 10 #160;km southeast of the city of Tyre and 12 #160;km north of the border with Israel. The 10,000 residents of Qana are primarily Shiite Muslim[1], although there is also a Christian community in the village.[edit]Biblical controversyJesus is said to have performed his first miracle of turning water into wine at Cana in Galilee. Some Christians, especially Lebanese Christians, believe Qana to have been the actual location of this event[1]. However, a tradition dating back to the 8th century identifies Cana with the modern village of Kafr Kana, about 7 km northeast of Nazareth, Israel[2]. More recently, scholars have suggested other alternatives, including the ruined village of Kenet-el-Jalil, about 16 km north of Nazareth, and Ain Kana, close to to Nazareth. Ain Kana is considered a better candidate on etymological grounds.In 1994, Nabih Berri, Lebanons Parliament Speaker and leader of the secular Shiite Amal movement, wanted to establish a Christian shrine at a cave in Qana to attract tourists and pilgrims[1]. The government sent a 100-man company of troops to Qana to prevent potential religious conflict. This proposal was revived in 1999[3].For more information about the Biblical Cana and its possible locations, see Cana.[edit]Attacks on QanaQana is known internationally for two separate incidents in which the Israeli Defense Forces is charged with having caused civilian deaths during military operations in Lebanon:1996 shelling of Qana: On 18 April 1996, amid heavy fighting between the Israel Defense Forces and Hezbollah during Operation Grapes of Wrath, a Fijian UNIFIL compound in the village was shelled by Israeli artillery, killing 106 civilians and injuring around 116 others who had taken refuge there to escape the fighting. Four UNIFIL soldiers were also seriously injured.[4][5]2006 Qana airstrike: On 30 July 2006, during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, Israeli airstrikes hit an apartment building. The Lebanese Red Cross originally stated that at least 56 people were killed, 32 of which were children. Human Rights Watch has later confirmed that at least 28 died, of which 16 were children, with 13 more still missing [6].[edit]References^ a #160;b #160;c Lebanese Town Lays Claim To Jesus Christs First Miracle, Associated Press, January 12, 1994.^ Catholic Encyclopedia, 1914^ Lebanon to develop Qana into Christian tourist site, Agence France-Presse, December 7, 1999.^ Question of the violation of human rights in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine: written statement submitted by the Hariri Foundation. United Nations. United Nations Commission on Human Rights (11 March 2004). Retrieved on 13 July 2006.^ Protest at Peres Nazi image, BBC News, 1 April 2001.^ Human Rights Watch puts Qana death toll at 28, Reuters, August 3, 2006.Coordinates: 33°12?
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