'It was pure chaos and hell': Lebanese orphanage staff describe Israeli bombing

'We have no idea when we will be returning to southern Lebanon,' a member of staff of Tibnine Orphanage told Neil Michael after Israeli bombings there forced the children to flee to Beirut

Girls from Tibnine orphanage attend a Christmas party in 2022 hosted by members of the Defence Forces. They are now being housed in a hotel in central Beirut after Israeli airstrikes in the area.
Picture: Ali Saad/Tibnine Orphanage

"It was pure chaos and hell — like a scene from a war movie."

These are the words of one of the members of staff of Tibnine Orphanage, Ali Saad, to describe what they and 40 children saw before their hasty evacuation from the southern Lebanon town earlier this week.