A man in tears over the coffin of one of the three Lebanese Civil Defense volunteers killed by the Israeli army in southern Lebanon, on April 30, in Sour, the day after the attack. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)
With slow steps, a mother’s face resting on her son’s shoulder, children held in arms, the families of the three martyrs enter the courtyard of the Civil Defense center in Sour on this hot morning of April 30.Large portraits of Hussein Dati, Hadi Daher, and Hussein Ghadbouni — killed on April 28 in an Israeli strike in Majdal Zoun — are displayed across the façade. Another field report War in Lebanon: A token of law in an ocean of impunity The arrival of the grieving mothers and their children is solemn, marked by the drums of Civil Defense members rehearsing their funeral procession. They came from across the Sour area to bid farewell to their three colleagues. Faces are drawn, bodies tense.Three more victims among medical personnel — who are supposed to be protected under international conventions — bringing the death toll to 103...
With slow steps, a mother’s face resting on her son’s shoulder, children held in arms, the families of the three martyrs enter the courtyard of the Civil Defense center in Sour on this hot morning of April 30.Large portraits of Hussein Dati, Hadi Daher, and Hussein Ghadbouni — killed on April 28 in an Israeli strike in Majdal Zoun — are displayed across the façade. Another field report War in Lebanon: A token of law in an ocean of impunity The arrival of the grieving mothers and their children is solemn, marked by the drums of Civil Defense members rehearsing their funeral procession. They came from across the Sour area to bid farewell to their three colleagues. Faces are drawn, bodies tense.Three more victims among medical personnel — who are supposed to be protected under international conventions — bringing the death...
