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Men walk past a destroyed building following an Israeli air strike in the village of Douris southeast of Baalbek in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley on October 15, 2024.In recent days, Israeli attacks have come “perilously close” to striking a UN-designated world heritage site in east Lebanon, the UN has warned, putting one of the best-preserved Roman ruins in the world in danger of being destroyed by Israeli bombing.
“In recent days, attacks on sites in Baalbek in the Bekaa valley have come perilously close to the ancient temple complex which is a UNESCO listed world heritage site,” the UN Human Rights Office said inThe UN noted that Israeli forces have already destroyed or severely damaged at least 12 religious buildings in Lebanon, including 11 Muslim facilities and a Greek Catholic church.
If Israeli forces attack the heritage site, it will be one of the many sites with cultural, religious or historic significance it has damaged or destroyed amid its genocide of Gaza and assault on Lebanon., from preliminary estimates, that Israeli forces have damaged at least 69 cultural and religious sites in Gaza. Other estimates are far higher, with one organization estimating that at least 195 heritage sites have been damaged or destroyed as of January, just two months into Israel’s genocide.
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