A man holding Ali Fneich's portrait, in Maaroub, south Lebanon, on Dec. 19, 2025. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L’Orient Today)
In her living room in Maaroub (Sour district), Kawthar no longer wants to talk.“We just keep repeating ourselves and nothing changes,” sighs the mother of five, whose children are between the ages of 4 and 13.On June 4, 2025, her husband, Ali Fneich, 36, was abducted by the Israeli army while fishing off the coast of Naqoura, in Lebanese maritime waters. The abduction took place about 4 kilometers offshore.“Dad promised me we’d go out for lunch at the restaurant where they have games,” says Menassa, 10, sitting beside her mother.Seven months later, the family still has no news. Nine cases, nine families and the same unanswered questions Lebanese detainees in Israel: Growing questions, families left without answers “The state and the International Committee of the Red Cross don’t know anything. They just filled out a file,” says...
In her living room in Maaroub (Sour district), Kawthar no longer wants to talk.“We just keep repeating ourselves and nothing changes,” sighs the mother of five, whose children are between the ages of 4 and 13.On June 4, 2025, her husband, Ali Fneich, 36, was abducted by the Israeli army while fishing off the coast of Naqoura, in Lebanese maritime waters. The abduction took place about 4 kilometers offshore.“Dad promised me we’d go out for lunch at the restaurant where they have games,” says Menassa, 10, sitting beside her mother.Seven months later, the family still has no news. Nine cases, nine families and the same unanswered questions Lebanese detainees in Israel: Growing questions, families left without answers “The state and the International Committee of the Red Cross don’t know anything. They just filled out a...