Ali Jawhar, Mohammad's father, in his destroyed house in Naqoura, on May 8, 2025. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L’OLJ)
On Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, Samar gently wakes her husband, Mohammad Jawhar, 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 Jawhar 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 took him.” Jawhar is one of seven Lebanese civilians imprisoned in Israel, all detained after the cease-fire came into effect on Nov. 27, 2024, which ended more than 13 months of war between Hezbollah and...
On Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, Samar gently wakes her husband, Mohammad Jawhar, 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 Jawhar 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 took him.” Jawhar is one of seven Lebanese civilians imprisoned in Israel, all detained after the cease-fire came into effect on Nov. 27, 2024, which ended more than 13 months of war...