Within the hills of the Bekaa Valley – as in swathes of Lebanon – demise can come from the sky lately, at any second.
Israel has been bombing the world by way of the day, with extra 30 air strikes in simply an hour.
Forty-six individuals are confirmed lifeless – and that toll is anticipated to rise.
Others are in important situation in hospital, after Israeli assaults earlier this week.
Noor Mossawi is amongst them. The six-year-old is mendacity unconscious in a paediatric intensive care unit, in Rayak Hospital, with bandages wrapped round her fractured cranium.
Her mom Rima is sitting by her bedside, holding a duplicate of the Quran and praying.
She tells us her daughter may be very vivid and really sociable.
“She creates such a fun atmosphere at home. The house feels empty when she’s not around. She loves meeting new people.”
All that modified final Monday, with an Israeli strike.
She exhibits us one other video of her daughter – this time praying, shortly earlier than the assault.
“I was soothing her, telling her not to be afraid, that nothing would happen. She was calling on God and the prophets for help,” Rima says.
Because the bombing was getting nearer, Rima was hunkering by her entrance door with Noor and her twin brother Mohammed.
“We weren’t brave enough to go inside,” she says, “because we thought the building would collapse on us if it was hit.
“When it obtained extra intense, I picked up Noor and her brother and was about to take them in, however the missile was a lot quicker than I used to be.”
That missile left Mohammed lightly wounded, and Noor fighting for her life.
Goktay Koraltan / BBCAs we speak, suddenly there is danger overhead. We hear a plane, and then an explosion which rattles the windows and knocks out the power for a few seconds.
It’s another air strike. Rima barely reacts.
Noor’s father Abdallah comes to visit, and is burning with rage.
“Please movie my youngster,” he says.
“She does not know what weapons are. She does not know easy methods to struggle. She was taking part in at residence when the bombing began. They [Israel] wished to terrorise the individuals and get them to flee.”
Israel says its strikes are targeting Hezbollah sites, including weapons stores and ammunition dumps.
Abdallah begs to differ.
“Now we have nothing to do with weapons. I’m not concerned with the resistance [Hezbollah]. However now I want I used to be in order that I may shield my kids,” he tells us.
Minutes later, a few floors down, sirens wail as an ambulance brings in wounded from the latest strike.
Medical staff are rushing back and forward. The emergency department fills with tension. There are angry shouts, and shocked friends and relatives. We are asked to stop filming.
Goktay Koraltan / BBCThe hospital has admitted 400 casualties of Israeli strikes since Monday – all civilians – according to Dr Basil Abdallah, the medical director.
Of those, more than 100 have died, and several families had lost more than one person.
Dr Abdallah tells us there is trauma among the staff, as well as the patients.
“Seeing kids bombed, seeing aged sufferers and girls bombed, it is tough,” he says. “A lot of the nurses and the medical doctors are depressed. Now we have feelings. We’re human.”
Most of the staff remain at the hospital around the clock as it is too dangerous to risk the journey home.
Israel is striking far and wide in Lebanon. There’s no-one to stop it.
For now, Hezbollah is putting up a limited fight, firing rockets across the border.
Its backer, Iran, is remaining on the sidelines.
Dr Abdallah is already worried about running out of drugs and essential supplies.
He fears this shall be an extended conflict.
