Ali Jouhair, Mohammad's father, in his destroyed house in Naqoura, on May 8, 2025. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L’OLJ)
On the occasion of the publication of our series on Lebanese detainees in Israel since the November 2024 cease-fire, this article has been updated. Contacted, the family said they had “learned nothing new.”On Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, Samar gently wakes her husband, Mohammad Jouhair, at 6:30 a.m. The 31-year-old fisherman usually rises on his own, but he had hesitated the day before about whether to go out to sea.“You don’t have to... Stay,” she tells him. But with storms forecast in the days ahead, he decides he cannot afford to miss a day’s catch. “Meet me in Naqoura at 10 a.m. We’ll have breakfast at sea,” he tells her before heading out.Samar arrives at the shore, but Jouhair is nowhere to be seen. She waits for him as long as she can before family members find her to break the news. “Don’t be afraid,” one of them says. “But the Israelis...
On the occasion of the publication of our series on Lebanese detainees in Israel since the November 2024 cease-fire, this article has been updated. Contacted, the family said they had “learned nothing new.”On Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, Samar gently wakes her husband, Mohammad Jouhair, at 6:30 a.m. The 31-year-old fisherman usually rises on his own, but he had hesitated the day before about whether to go out to sea.“You don’t have to... Stay,” she tells him. But with storms forecast in the days ahead, he decides he cannot afford to miss a day’s catch. “Meet me in Naqoura at 10 a.m. We’ll have breakfast at sea,” he tells her before heading out.Samar arrives at the shore, but Jouhair is nowhere to be seen. She waits for him as long as she can before family members find her to break the news. “Don’t be afraid,” one of them...