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Lebanese Young Man Dies in Guinea After Saving Two People From Drowning

Photo of Hussein Fsheikh, who died while saving two people from drowning in Guinea. (NNA)
Photo of Hussein Fsheikh, who died while saving two people from drowning in Guinea. (NNA)
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Lebanese Young Man Dies in Guinea After Saving Two People From Drowning

Photo of Hussein Fsheikh, who died while saving two people from drowning in Guinea. (NNA)
Photo of Hussein Fsheikh, who died while saving two people from drowning in Guinea. (NNA)

Hours after his disappearance, news emerged about the death of Lebanese teenager Hussein Fsheikh in Guinea, West Africa, where he emigrated two years ago.

Head of the Higher Relief Committee Maj. Gen. Mohammed Kheir announced that Guinean authorities officially informed him that the body of a teenager who drowned in the Konkouré River while trying to save two people from drowning belonged to Lebanese Hussein Fsheikh.

He died after rescuing an Egyptian woman and an African young man from drowning in a waterfall in the Conakry region of West Africa, where he was washed away by the river.

The young man was born in 1994 and had visited his family for the last time on Eid al-Fitr, in his hometown of Btormaz in Dinnieh, North Lebanon.

Kheir said under the directives of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, contacts were ongoing with authorities in Guinea to take the necessary measures to return the body to Lebanon as soon as possible.

In a Tweet, Hariri mourned the death of Fsheikh, saying: “Martyr Hussein al-Fsheikh, a Lebanese ambassador for chivalry, nobility, and courage, drowned in Conakry as he was rescuing two people from inevitable death.”

The premier expressed his sincerest condolences to the family of the deceased and to all people of Btormaz in Dinnieh.

Lebanon’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants expressed in a statement on Tuesday its “sincere condolences” to the family of the deceased and to the Lebanese Diaspora in Guinea.

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‘No One Dares’ … First Palestinian Response to Israeli Plan to Separate Hebron from PA

Israeli security forces stand guard as Israeli settlers tour in the Palestinian side of the old city and market of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on July 5, 2025. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP)
Israeli security forces stand guard as Israeli settlers tour in the Palestinian side of the old city and market of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on July 5, 2025. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP)
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‘No One Dares’ … First Palestinian Response to Israeli Plan to Separate Hebron from PA

Israeli security forces stand guard as Israeli settlers tour in the Palestinian side of the old city and market of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on July 5, 2025. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP)
Israeli security forces stand guard as Israeli settlers tour in the Palestinian side of the old city and market of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on July 5, 2025. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP)

A report published by The Wall Street Journal, and promoted by Israeli media on Sunday, has renewed focus on an Israeli plan dating back more than 60 years aimed at pushing for the creation of “emirates” or entities independent from the Palestinian Authority (PA).

The report focused on the Palestinian city of Hebron, and cited what it claimed were “21 tribal elders from Hebron,” who allegedly sent a letter in Hebrew to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling for negotiations with them to join the Abraham Accords and consequently abandon the “two-state solution,” which Palestinians rely on to establish their state.

However, a Palestinian security source, in remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat, said: “What is happening is yet another Israeli attempt to weaken the Palestinian Authority.”

“This is a failed plan,” he said: “No one here would dare take this step and say: I am the spy... I am the alternative to the Authority ... Those who tried that are known and represent no one.”

Reportedly, the elders included a detailed proposed timetable for talks to join the Abraham Accords and for “a fair and decent arrangement that would replace the Oslo Accords, which only brought damage, death, economic disaster and destruction.”

According to The Wall Street Journal, the initiative was helmed by Wadee al-Jaabari, who local city residents and its political leadership claim is unknown to them, and backed by "four other leading Hebron sheikhs.”

Palestinian city residents, including Jaabari's extended family members, condemned the proposal, saying that its authors do not represent them.

Israeli sources said that Economy Minister Nir Barkat stands behind the letter, which was allegedly sent to him. Barkat met at his home with al-Jaabari and the other sheikhs; he has held more than 12 meetings with them since February, The Wall Street Journal said. They asked him to forward the letter to Netanyahu and are now waiting for his response.

The sheikhs reportedly proposed that Israel grant work permits to 1,000 workers from Hebron on a trial basis, and then extend this to another 5,000.

According to Maariv newspaper, the Israeli government is “seeking to promote this plan to destroy the Palestinian Authority and the establishment of a Palestinian state.”