Lebanon mourns 11 family members killed in brutal Israeli airstrike
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The eleven Lebanese citizens were deliberately targeted and killed by an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon on Wednesday night.
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A photograph showing 11 martyrs of Nabatiyeh's massacre were laid to rest. (Twitter)
Scores of mourners from all over Lebanon marched through the streets of Nabatiyeh, bidding a tearful farewell to eleven innocent souls whose lives were tragically cut short by a brutal Israeli airstrike on February 14.
In a profoundly moving funeral procession, mourners paid their respects to Ghadir Tarhini, her mother, and the Berjawi family plunging Lebanon into profound sorrow.
Within the local mosque, an Imam led the funeral prayers, as mourners wept openly. The martyrs, in caskets adorned with white flowers, were carried to their final resting place by grieving family members and friends to be laid to rest.
النبطية مجزرة وطن 💔
— Imad Ucef 🇱🇧 (@imadUcef) February 17, 2024
لا تصالح ..#مجزرة_النبطية#شهداء_النبطيه #جنوب_لبنان pic.twitter.com/i2NGCZMVxP
الشهيدة غدير ترحيني و والدتها فاطمة برجاوي
— زينب قبيسي (@zeinabkbaisi) February 17, 2024
إلى مثواهم الأخير في بلدة عبا الجنوبية.
أحياءٌ في قلوب الشرفاء لن ننساكم … وداعاً #مجزرة_النبطية pic.twitter.com/X4iNYjzQmA
In this solemn moment, people from across Lebanon stood together, sharing their condolences and seeking solace. They also recalled the past Israeli massacres, most notably the 2006 Qana massacre, which saw at least 27 children killed in their sleep by Israeli missile strikes. Yet again, similar massacres against Lebanese civilians epitomize the brutality and savagery of the Israeli occupation.
As the world looks on, the names of martyrs have become etched into Lebanon's collective memory. Our hearts go out to their family and to all who have endured the loss of their loved ones as a result of the ongoing Israeli occupation's atrocities in West Asia.
A Lebanese family , including a 4-year-old child, killed in an Israeli airstrike
The official Lebanese National News Agency announced the martyrdom of eleven members of the Berjawi family in an Israeli raid on a residential apartment in the city of Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon on Wednesday night.
The report explained that the raid targeted a residential apartment in a building in the center of Nabatiyeh, with a guided missile. This destroyed the apartment and caused major cracks in the building, which was on the verge of collapse.
الليلة مقمرة جداً جداً 🥀#جنوب_لبنان #النبطية pic.twitter.com/HeVBZIkqqX
— Abdallah Yassine (@AbdallahYsn2) February 14, 2024
Hussein Berjawi, along with his daughters Amani and Zeinab, his sister Fatima, and Zeinab's 4-year-old son Mahmoud Amer, were killed in the Israeli strike. Three-year-old child Hussein Amer was miraculously rescued alive from the debris.
One of the kids was found alive under the rubble of the building hit by Israeli strike in Nabatiyeh. https://t.co/FuEjl0hj3e pic.twitter.com/p2tHOW24zm
— Ali Hashem علي هاشم (@alihashem_tv) February 14, 2024
A video circulating on social media depicted the rescue of Hussein in a blue tracksuit, his face marked with blood, with a mattress visible amidst the wreckage beside him.
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