A dog clings to Hussein Hamza inside a car as he pans his camera around to show the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon.
鈥淧oor thing. Look at this, he鈥檚 clinging to me out of fear,鈥 Hamza says in the video he posted online. 鈥淎 missile hit here,鈥 he said, his voice shaking.
As Israel pummels southern Lebanon with airstrikes, tens of thousands of residents are fleeing their homes in fear. But Hamza is staying. His mission is to care for the dogs and other animals left behind.
He runs an animal shelter that houses 200 dogs in the village of Kfour. Recently, he has also been driving around towns and villages in the south, looking for stray animals and abandoned pets to feed.
鈥淚 opened bags of food and left them water. I鈥檓 relying on God,鈥 said Hamza as he spread food hundreds of meters away from the shelter he runs, in case the dogs need to escape the facility when airstrikes come too close.
Israel has dramatically stepped up its airstrikes across many parts of Lebanon, which it says target Hezbollah and its weapons. However over a 1,000 people have been killed in the country in the past two weeks, nearly a quarter of them women and children, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
The Lebanese government says the fighting may have displaced up to a million people, although the UN estimate is around 200,000.
With his town under constant bombardment, Hamza, 56, refused to abandon the animals in his care.
In this photo provided by Mashala Shelter, Hussein Hamza feeds dogs at his animal shelter in Kfour, south Lebanon in 2024. (Mashala Shelter via AP)
Despite the danger, Hamza drives around looking for stray animals and pets left behind by families, many of them abandoned behind locked gates. He brings them food, and then posts the videos online.
鈥淐ome here, come here! I got you food,鈥 Hamza called to a dog hiding behind a fence in one of his online videos. 鈥淎t least unleash your dogs,鈥 he pleads with residents in his videos. 鈥淭he dog owners had to escape on foot and couldn鈥檛 take them.鈥
In the midst of the chaos, Hamza has become a lifeline for many who reach out to him, hoping he can get food to their pets.
鈥淭his nice man called me, crying. They (the family) left the dogs behind the fence, and they couldn鈥檛 take them,鈥 he said. 鈥淚 just got the dogs dry food.鈥
Hamza鈥檚 journey has been perilous. On more than one occasion, he鈥檚 narrowly avoided airstrikes.
His work extends beyond dogs. 鈥淲e found a chicken on the road,鈥 Hamza explained in another clip. 鈥淚t flew from a pickup truck. I will take it home.鈥
Hamza鈥檚 shelter has attracted support online, allowing him to buy 200 bags of dog food to distribute to the dogs in the region.
Even so, the danger keeps mounting. 鈥淚 hope someone can take some load off my shoulders,鈥 Hamza said as he picked up an elderly stray dog off the street and into his car.
鈥淕od help people. At the time of a strike, people lose it and don鈥檛 know what to do,鈥 he said while dropping off food and water in remote areas.
With an Israeli ground invasion of south Lebanon looking increasingly likely, Hamza worries about what comes next.
But for now, his focus remains on the animals.
鈥淎s long as I can reach the dogs and leave them food and water, I will not leave,鈥 he said. 鈥淚 have a responsibility. I can鈥檛 leave them.鈥
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