Lebanese Footballer Left in Coma After Israeli Strike
11/20/2024 8:45:50 AM
Celine Haidar, a midfielder for Beirut Football Academy (BFA) who was set to captain the team this year, is the latest athlete to become a casualty of Israeli attacks.
This weekend, Haidar was seriously wounded from an Israeli strike on her home in Beirut’s southern suburb of Shiyah. She is now in a medically induced coma in Beirut’s Saint-Georges Hospital.
“The strike was close and she was hit in the head,” her mother Sanaa Sharhour told AFP news agency. “My daughter has a brain haemorrhage, her skull is cracked.”
“She dreamt of competing abroad. She said she wanted to be like (Cristiano) Ronaldo and (Lionel) Messi… She wanted to be a star and for everyone to talk about her,” Sharhour said.
“Now everyone is talking about her because she was wounded in a war that she has nothing to do with…They killed her dream.”
This weekend, Haidar was seriously wounded from an Israeli strike on her home in Beirut’s southern suburb of Shiyah. She is now in a medically induced coma in Beirut’s Saint-Georges Hospital.
“The strike was close and she was hit in the head,” her mother Sanaa Sharhour told AFP news agency. “My daughter has a brain haemorrhage, her skull is cracked.”
“She dreamt of competing abroad. She said she wanted to be like (Cristiano) Ronaldo and (Lionel) Messi… She wanted to be a star and for everyone to talk about her,” Sharhour said.
“Now everyone is talking about her because she was wounded in a war that she has nothing to do with…They killed her dream.”