Amidst a state of sadness and anger, the residents of the town of Shmestar and villages west of Baalbek welcomed on Wednesday at 11:40 the martyr from the Lebanese Army, Sergeant Abdel Karim al-Moukdad, who was killed on Tuesday following an Israeli bombardment in Odaisseh, southern Lebanon.

Women scattered rice and roses over the martyr’s body, who was wrapped in the Lebanese flag, while a group of military personnel and comrades paid military honors to the martyr.

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