A crowd gathered, on April 7, in the Saint-Simon Church of Yahchouch, around the coffin of Pierre Moawad, a Lebanese Forces official killed, along with his wife Flavia, in an Israeli strike in Ain Saade on April 5, 2026. (Credit: Tea Ziade/L’Orient-Le Jour)
Two large white coffins sway in the middle of the crowd. Covered with the Lebanese Forces flag and carried aloft by men, they rock to the rhythm of fanfares and applause as people ritualistically throw rose petals and rice. From Burj Hammoud to Ghazir, from Aadra to Yahshoush, Lebanese Forces (LF) supporters came to honor their dead. "They died for nothing...because of a war that serves Iran's interests," people murmured around the coffins. Tough words from Aoun 'Acts worse than Israeli attacks': Aoun denounces those who 'fuel' internal tensions In front of the party headquarters in Burj Hammoud, at the northern entrance to Beirut, the sea of people began forming early in the morning. In this predominantly Christian neighborhood, everyone waited for the bodies of Pierre Moawad, a LF official, and his wife Flavia, to...
Two large white coffins sway in the middle of the crowd. Covered with the Lebanese Forces flag and carried aloft by men, they rock to the rhythm of fanfares and applause as people ritualistically throw rose petals and rice. From Burj Hammoud to Ghazir, from Aadra to Yahshoush, Lebanese Forces (LF) supporters came to honor their dead. "They died for nothing...because of a war that serves Iran's interests," people murmured around the coffins. Tough words from Aoun 'Acts worse than Israeli attacks': Aoun denounces those who 'fuel' internal tensions In front of the party headquarters in Burj Hammoud, at the northern entrance to Beirut, the sea of people began forming early in the morning. In this predominantly Christian neighborhood, everyone waited for the bodies of Pierre Moawad, a LF official, and his wife Flavia, to...