(Credit: An Elie Louka and AFP image/ Montage by Celine Bejjani/L'Orient-Le Jour)
"My uncle died because he loved his work. He refused to rely on aid to get by," said Eli Louka, Georges Said's nephew. Eli is still in shock over his uncle's killing by the Israeli army on a road between the villages of Dibil and Rmeish in the Bint Jbeil district. Georges, 62, was killed alongside his youngest son, Elie, 24, in a direct shooting that claimed both their lives. Georges worked as a launderer for the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), regularly traveling to one of the international force’s posts in the village of Tiri to deliver and collect laundry.Dibil, whose residents have refused to be forcibly displaced south of the Litani River, is now encircled by the Israeli army, which continues its invasion in southern Lebanon and has effectively isolated the village from the rest of the country. More from...
"My uncle died because he loved his work. He refused to rely on aid to get by," said Eli Louka, Georges Said's nephew. Eli is still in shock over his uncle's killing by the Israeli army on a road between the villages of Dibil and Rmeish in the Bint Jbeil district. Georges, 62, was killed alongside his youngest son, Elie, 24, in a direct shooting that claimed both their lives. Georges worked as a launderer for the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), regularly traveling to one of the international force’s posts in the village of Tiri to deliver and collect laundry.Dibil, whose residents have refused to be forcibly displaced south of the Litani River, is now encircled by the Israeli army, which continues its invasion in southern Lebanon and has effectively isolated the village from the rest of the country. More...
