The refrigerated container was situated beyond the building which was attacked and close to Lebanese customs office in an area leading to the border with Syria.

Others were having lunch and they were torn to pieces,"[1] Preliminary reports said that three IAF missiles hit the farm and that 23-27 civilians had been killed in the attack.

[7] Later reports put the total of Syrian dead at twenty three including eighteen men, five women, and three girls, with the remaining 10 fatalities being Lebanese nationals.

Syria's Information Minister, Dr. Muhsen Bilal, gave his reaction to the bombing in a statement describing the attack as:"..an Israeli racial and fascist act that has been carried out by US-made weapons and rockets."

He went on to comment: "The Israeli aggression hasn't yet achieved any winnings but slaying defenseless children, women and old aged; this unjustified act contradicts the moral and religious principles and norms,"[9]