An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon over the weekend has led to mourning in metro Detroit, with the victims having direct ties to Dearborn.

Chadi Charara and three of his children 10-year-old Celine Charara and 18-month-old twins Hadi and Cylan were killed when their car was hit by an Israeli drone strike. The Israeli government confirmed the strike, saying it was targeting a nearby Hezbollah operative but acknowledged that innocent civilians were killed.

The victims were not U.S. citizens but were in the process of obtaining visas to come to the U.S., according to family members. A 13-year-old sibling remains on life support, while the children's mother survived the attack.

"You know, every day you open the news, you see another family massacred till one day, you wake up and it's

See Full Page