Ain el-Helweh man and his family killed in Libya floods

Saleh Sariyeh, 60, a Palestinian from the refugee camp of Ain el-Helweh in Lebanon, has been killed along with his family in the floods that hit eastern Libya.

Sariyeh’s home was washed away in the floods, his nephew Mohammed Sariyeh told The Associated Press.

Sariyeh said his uncle had been living for decades in Derna with his wife, Sanaa Jammal, and two daughters, Walaa, 27, and Hoda, 25, and were all killed on Monday.

He added that friends called them from Libya telling the family that his uncle’s apartment was in a building in the city center that was washed away during the storm.

The four were buried in Derna, Sariyeh said, adding that because of the ongoing fighting in Ain el-Helweh, the family in Lebanon will not be receiving condolences in the camp.