Céline Nassif, 3 years old, the only survivor of her family after an Israeli strike, at Dar el-Amal hospital on October 6, 2024. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine)
Hussein Nassif has the eyes of those who have seen too much. On his phone, he shows a photo where his niece Celine is surrounded by her parents and her four siblings. It's summer, everyone is smiling, looking happy and carefree. Sitting in the pediatric intensive care unit of the Dar al-Amal University Hospital in Baalbeck on Thursday, Nov. 6, he stares, without moving, at this relic of a bygone world. On Oct. 28, an Israeli strike killed at least 10 members of the Nassif family while they were having lunch at their house in Boudai, 16 kilometers away.“Celine’s parents were not affiliated with any party. They were both teachers. On that day, one of the grandmothers and two aunts visited the family. All of them were martyred, except Celine,” he said in a faint voice. “Mom! Mom!” his niece cries out from behind the curtain of her...
Hussein Nassif has the eyes of those who have seen too much. On his phone, he shows a photo where his niece Celine is surrounded by her parents and her four siblings. It's summer, everyone is smiling, looking happy and carefree. Sitting in the pediatric intensive care unit of the Dar al-Amal University Hospital in Baalbeck on Thursday, Nov. 6, he stares, without moving, at this relic of a bygone world. On Oct. 28, an Israeli strike killed at least 10 members of the Nassif family while they were having lunch at their house in Boudai, 16 kilometers away.“Celine’s parents were not affiliated with any party. They were both teachers. On that day, one of the grandmothers and two aunts visited the family. All of them were martyred, except Celine,” he said in a faint voice. “Mom! Mom!” his niece cries out from behind the curtain of...
