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{{Infobox military operation
|name = 2019 Qousaya airstrike
|partof = [[Israeli–Lebanese conflict]] and [[Iran–Israel proxy conflict]]
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|type = [[Airstrike]]
|location = [[Qousaya]], [[Lebanon]]
|coordinates = {{coord|33.812874|36.025126}}
|map_type = Lebanon
|map_size = 300
|map_caption = Location of Quosaya in Lebanon
|map_label = [[Qousaya]]
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|target = {{flagicon image|PFLP-GC Flag.svg}}[[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command|PFLP-GC]]
|date = 26 August 2019
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|executed_by = {{flag|Israel}}
|outcome =
|casualties = Material damage
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[[Israel|Israeli]] aircraft or drones have attacked a [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] (PFLP) position in Qousaya, located in the [[Beqaa Valley]] of [[Lebanon]], close to the border with [[Syria]] on Sunday night 26 August 2019, according to Lebanese media reports. The attack came a day after an [[2019 Beirut drone attack|alleged Israeli drone attack]] in Lebanese capital of [[Beirut]] which was the first Israeli attack on Lebanon since the [[2006 Lebanon War]].<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/IAF-jets-strike-in-Lebanon-a-position-owned-by-PFLP-599706 IAF DRONES STRIKE PFLP POSITION IN LEBANON, NEAR SYRIAN BORDER - REPORT]</ref><ref>[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/israel-strikes-palestinian-base-lebanon-reports-190826071121071.html Israel strikes Palestinian base in Lebanon: reports]</ref>
== Attack ==
According to an official from the Palestinian position in the town three air strikes hit the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command|PFLP-GC]] military position in Quasaya early morning 26 August 2019 causing only material damage.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-security/israeli-air-strikes-hit-palestinian-military-position-in-lebanon-an-nahar-news-idUSKCN1VG013 Israeli air strikes hit Palestinian military position in Lebanon: reports, security source]</ref>
== See also ==
*[[2019 Beirut drone attack]]
*[[2019 Israeli Airstrikes in Iraq]]
*[[Israeli–Lebanese conflict]]
== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:2019 in Lebanon]]
[[Category:Israeli–Lebanese conflict]]
[[Category:Israel–Lebanon relations]]
[[Category:Iran–Israel proxy conflict]]
[[Category:Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]
[[Category:Military operations involving Israel]]
[[Category:Drone warfare]]
[[Category:Conflicts in 2019]]
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