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also written Mdeirej · 5 reports · 3 strikes located

12.07 → 24.08

Strikes located here

July 14 Air raids targeted the Madyrij bridge with six direct missiles causing a 12m wide hole in one direction and 6m in the other, cutting off traffic completely. (www.assafir.com)
July 21 The bridge on the Damascus road, completed by an Italian company five years ago and considered the highest in the Middle East (72 meters) , was targeted for the fifth time. Four raids targeted the columns causing the collapse of one of its sides. Previous raids had already rendered the bridge unusable. (www.assafir.com)
July 21 Israeli warplanes also pounded the Mdeirej bridge, the main road link to Syria, causing part of the country's longest bridge to collapse. A pre-dawn airstrike set passenger buses on fire near the town of Zahleh in the Bekaa Valley but no casualties were reported. The buses had just dropped off foreigner passengers in Syria. (Naharnet) IFA video footage of bridge bombing (WMV-file)

Reports that name it

Friday, July 21, 2006

Tayyar

08:43Israeli raid over the Mdeirej-Hammana bridge

LebanonUpdates

08:43Israeli air strike on Mdeirej-Hammana bridge

Tayyar

09:02A third raid targets the old Mdeirej bridge in less than 15 minutes

Tayyar

09:20A fourth raid on the Mdeirej bridge leads to its collapse

LebanonUpdates

09:20Fourth air strike topples old Mdeirej bridge09:02 Third air strike on Mdeirej bridge in less than 15 minutes

Compiled by 111101 during the war from four live news streams, July–August 2006. Times are Beirut time. Texts are quoted as published, with their source. Sources and method.