It appears to be a description of a photograph featuring Oussama Farhat in the devastated downtown area of Blida on April 16. (Credit: Emmanuel Haddad)
Three days before he was killed in an Israeli drone strike, Oussama Farhat narrowly escaped death when a similar strike targeted the prefabricated house he had just set up near the lake of Mais al-Jabal, in the Marjayoun district. Despite the truce signed on Nov. 27 with Hezbollah after more than a year of war, Israel has continued to carry out strikes, leaving many villages along the border in ruins.Far from retreating in the face of danger, the 41-year-old walked straight toward his unfortunate fate. After undergoing surgery, he was supposed to stay in the hospital because he had two shell fragments in his body, including one near his lung. But the next day, he sent me a photo of a wounded fox cub; he had returned to Mais al-Jabal to care for wild animals," said Hicham Younes, director of the Green Southerners NGO, where Farhat had...
Three days before he was killed in an Israeli drone strike, Oussama Farhat narrowly escaped death when a similar strike targeted the prefabricated house he had just set up near the lake of Mais al-Jabal, in the Marjayoun district. Despite the truce signed on Nov. 27 with Hezbollah after more than a year of war, Israel has continued to carry out strikes, leaving many villages along the border in ruins.Far from retreating in the face of danger, the 41-year-old walked straight toward his unfortunate fate. After undergoing surgery, he was supposed to stay in the hospital because he had two shell fragments in his body, including one near his lung. But the next day, he sent me a photo of a wounded fox cub; he had returned to Mais al-Jabal to care for wild animals," said Hicham Younes, director of the Green Southerners NGO, where Farhat had...