In the rubble of southern Lebanon, survivors mourn those killed in Israeli attacks

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NBC News met with a survivor of an airstrike who struggled to understand why his coastal city was targeted before the ceasefire.

A man with wounds visible on his arms sits on a cot with an exhausted expression.

Fadel Hijazi, who was pulled from the wreckage of his home after an Israeli strike, is seen in Tyre, Lebanon, on Wednesday. His wife, a daughter, two grandchildren and a nephew were all killed in the strike.Angela Neil / NBC News

April 23, 2026, 9:33 AM EDT

By Yasmin Vossoughian, Michael Fiorentino and Emily Ngo

TYRE, Lebanon —Since an Israeli airstrike killed his wife, a daughter, two grandchildren and a nephew, Fadel Hijazi says he has struggled to get out of the cot he keeps above his brother’s bombed-out coffee shop.

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