Women wash their vegetables on June 9 in a school hosting displaced people in Maghdoucheh, a Christian village located north of the Zahrani River. (Credit: Téa Ziadé/L'Orient-Le Jour)
Abdallah is unsure which image best illustrates the extent of his losses. He begins by showing a video of his olive trees in Kfar Kila, now engulfed in smoke. The house in the background has been reduced to ruins. He could stop here, highlighting the destruction caused by Israel, but this is only the start. Beside him, his wife Ghinwa continues, showing a photo of a devastated apartment. "That's in Toul, near Nabatieh. We moved there after fleeing Kfar Kila. It cost us $12,000 in furniture before it too was destroyed in this war," she says on June 9 from a classroom at the Maghdoucheh elementary school, where they have been living with their son for three months. Abdallah's nephew is a police officer in this Christian village located near the north bank of the Zahrani River, about 40 kilometers from the Israeli border. ...
Abdallah is unsure which image best illustrates the extent of his losses. He begins by showing a video of his olive trees in Kfar Kila, now engulfed in smoke. The house in the background has been reduced to ruins. He could stop here, highlighting the destruction caused by Israel, but this is only the start. Beside him, his wife Ghinwa continues, showing a photo of a devastated apartment. "That's in Toul, near Nabatieh. We moved there after fleeing Kfar Kila. It cost us $12,000 in furniture before it too was destroyed in this war," she says on June 9 from a classroom at the Maghdoucheh elementary school, where they have been living with their son for three months. Abdallah's nephew is a police officer in this Christian village located near the north bank of the Zahrani River, about 40 kilometers from the Israeli border....
