There have been increasing reports Israel is abducting civilians in south Lebanon. In Tyre, a seventy-three old man has been reunited with his family after what he says was five days in Israeli custody. The man, Ali Akeel Hamza, described his ordeal.

• Ali Akeel Hamza: “There were a lot of them, more than 200 troops. They took me and detained me in a house. They left me there without any food for two days. They asked me about my children and I said 'I don't know where they are. They said 'either you get your children to come here or we keep you here.' I said 'you could kill me, hang me but I don't know where my children are.’”