Yahya Kobeissi and his youngest daughter, Marwa. (Photo taken from family archives. Montage by Céline Bejjani/L'Orient-Le Jour)
At half past noon on May 11 Israel carried out a targeted double tap strike — during a supposed "cease-fire" — which killed Yahya Kobeissi and Hussein Kobeissi as they were driving along the main Zebdin road near Nabatieh delivering bread to residents who had remained steadfast in the south despite the raging war.The targeted killing shattered a multi-layered story of love. The love of a daughter for her father, and the love of the father for his southern village and its inhabitants, whom he died serving. That day, Yehya, who had worked as a municipal collection agent for 27 years, was distributing bread with his companion Hussein Kobeissi when the vehicle clearly identified as belonging to the municipality was targeted twice by Israel — an act that would constitute a war crime. How it happened Separate Israeli attacks on...
At half past noon on May 11 Israel carried out a targeted double tap strike — during a supposed "cease-fire" — which killed Yahya Kobeissi and Hussein Kobeissi as they were driving along the main Zebdin road near Nabatieh delivering bread to residents who had remained steadfast in the south despite the raging war.The targeted killing shattered a multi-layered story of love. The love of a daughter for her father, and the love of the father for his southern village and its inhabitants, whom he died serving. That day, Yehya, who had worked as a municipal collection agent for 27 years, was distributing bread with his companion Hussein Kobeissi when the vehicle clearly identified as belonging to the municipality was targeted twice by Israel — an act that would constitute a war crime. How it happened Separate Israeli attacks...