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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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William Christou and Abbas Abdelkarim in Beirut

‘My heart is breaking’: Lebanese family grieve daughter killed by Israeli bomb

Narjis posing for a picture
Narjis, six, died when Israel dropped a bomb on her family’s home in Maifadoun, south Lebanon. Photograph: Supplied

Rana Jaber told her husband that if God blessed them with a daughter, she would be named Narjis, Arabic for daffodil. After having twin boys, Jaber wanted a little girl she could dress up.

Jaber got her girl and made good on her promise: Narjis was born in 2020. Her mother was delighted to find that just like her namesake flower, her daughter’s hair was light. Narjis seemed “wise beyond her years”, Jaber said, recalling how her daughter would comfort her whenever she would cry.

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