Many of those killed in the strike had fled other parts of southern Lebanon over the past week, following Israeli evacuation orders, and sought refuge in relatives’ homes in Sidon, according to the relatives and their neighbors.

Narmin Jradi, 20, who had been planning her wedding, was on the ground floor when she died. Majid and Malek Hannach, were rambunctious siblings, 12 and 13.

Mohammad Hannach, 18, from Nabatieh, had been worried about whether the war would disrupt his plans to study engineering at a university next year.