Stories of War

Isra Bahja, a young woman from Jibchit, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Arabsalim amid renewed attacks across southern Lebanon.

Ali Shahouri and Khoder Sabah were killed when an Israeli drone targeted their motorcycle in Kfar Remman, southern Lebanon, on September 4, 2026.

Maryam Jamal Salameh, 18, died after being critically wounded in an Israeli airstrike on Mayfadoun amid renewed attacks across Lebanon.

Mohammad Ali Ibrahim Assaad was killed by a cluster munition left behind by war in Lebanon. His graduation photograph preserves the future he should have had.

Qassem Zaiter had just turned 22 and was one semester from graduating when Israel killed him. His family remembers the life he loved and the place he held in their home.

When Mahmoud Kheil wrote about his brother Adam, he refused to mourn him as others would. لن أنعاك كما ينعاك الناس، فأنا أخاك الذي عاش معك. I will not mourn you as others do, for I am your brother—the one who lived life beside you. Adam Kheil was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Nabatieh, […]

Mohamad Ali Bzih was born on 5 November 2007. For eighteen years, his family watched him grow from a child with endless dreams into a young man who still had his whole life ahead of him. On 11 May 2026, Israel killed him. To those who never knew Mohamad, his name may appear as one […]

At 4:40 p.m. on 8 June, Imad Yassine sent his family a voice message. He had arrived safely at the family farm in Adchit, southern Lebanon. It was a routine update, the kind of message he had sent countless times before. His family did not know it would be the last time they heard his […]

When Zainab walked across the graduation stage, she carried her sister with her. In her hands was a framed portrait of Amal Khalil, the Lebanese journalist Israel killed before she could witness the day they had always imagined celebrating together. For Zainab, graduating was not only the end of years of study. It was a […]

Malak Nannou was two years and two months old. Her world was still small: her parents, her toys, the streets around her home and the everyday moments that make up a childhood. Her father, Mohammad, was rarely far from her side. Family photographs show them laughing at a café, walking through the streets, playing together […]