Fathers And Sons Exist In Lebanon And Palestine As Well As In the U.S. And Israel

A Lebanese father cradles the body of his dead son following Israeli airstrikes on, and near, Baalbek, in northeast Lebanon, in which 19 Lebanese civilians were killed, including a family of seven -- a mother, father, and their five children.

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Absolon fili mi,
quis det ut moriar pro te,
fili mi Absolon.

Non vivam ultra,
sed descendam in infernum plorans.

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Photo credit: European News Agency. With thanks.