Tyre civil defence chief's 2006 loss drives rescue work amid Israeli strikes on south Lebanon
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Ali Safiuddin, head of Civil Defence in Tyre, says the loss of his one-year-old daughter Lynn in a 2006 Israeli strike drives his rescue work. Despite the ceasefire, Israeli strikes continue along the 10km Yellow Line security zone, including in al-Mansouri and Majadal.
The 2006 Loss
Ali Safiuddin brought his wife and one-year-old daughter Lynn to a shelter under the Civil Defence centre during the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. An Israeli strike hit the building and killed Lynn. Safiuddin says the memory of her death still haunts him and drives his rescue mission. In the Al Jazeera Originals film The Ones We Couldn't Save, he says, 'I feel that my daughter, my daughter's soul, is with me.'
The Beirut Rescue
In the film, Safiuddin recalls pulling a girl from rubble after the 2020 Beirut port explosion, which killed at least 218 people and wounded thousands. The rescue took 18 hours of manual work under three floors. He says the girl was about 14 years old, the age his daughter would have been. Safiuddin describes saving her as bringing back his daughter's soul.
Yellow Line Operations
Israeli forces are not directly striking Tyre, the largest city in southern Lebanon, but attacks continue on its outskirts along the Yellow Line security zone. The zone extends about 10km inside Lebanon's borders. Strikes have occurred in al-Mansouri and Majadal despite the ceasefire. Safiuddin's 18-year-old son Husein now serves alongside him, and Safiuddin calls all the men under his authority 'sons.'
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