Saadallah Balhas
Saadallah Balhas (1939),a farmer from Siddiquine arrived at the Fijian headquarters on April 13 with his wife and 22 members of his family, including his 14 children. Saadallah was surrounded  by his family in the Fijian officers’ mess as the shelling began.

" My sons were sitting in a row in front of me. A shell exploded in the room no more than a metre from where I was sitting. My children were all blown to pieces but because they were between me and the explosion, they saved my life. I was hit in the eye by a piece of shrapnel and my eardrums burst from the sound. I brushed my face to wipe away the blood and my eye fell out. My brother had been standing beside me but I could not find him, there was nothing left but meat. I could not even identify my children because there was nothing left of them. "
 

Fatmeh Balhas
Fatmeh Balhas (1971), has 33 members of her extended family with her in the Fijian headquarters. Her immediate family consists of her husband Kassem Khalil, 28, her brother Abdel Karim, 16, her son Hussein Khalil, 3, another son Hassan, 2, and her 17-day-old child Mohammed.
Fatmeh and her husband were holding their children when the second shell detonated.

"For a moment there was silence. The room was full of smoke and I could see nothing. I was dazed and numbed from the impact. It was only minutes later that I realized my children were dead and my husband as well. I was on my own."
 

A stunned Lebanese soldier raises the corpse of a tiny child  and holds it  in front of the television cameras. It’s head has been ripped off by a piece of shrapnel. The child is 17-day-old Mohammed Khalil, Fatmeh Balhas’ son

Adil Balhas
Adil Balhas (1944), Fatmeh’s father, was walking down the road towards the camp when the shelling began.

"The noise of the explosions was terrible. I knew that my daughter and her family were inside the camp but I ran towards the building opposite the camp’s gates to find shelter. Before I got there, I heard a thud in the road behind me. I turned and saw a shell had landed less than five metres away but it had not exploded. Instead it just rolled down the hill towards me."