Kamel Ahmad Jawad, a U.S. citizen, was remembered by friends and relatives as someone who chose to stay behind to help others who couldn’t flee.

American Hajj Kamel Ahmad Jawad, from Dearborn, Michigan, was killed by an airstrike in Lebanon on Tuesday, according to a statement released by his family.

A Michigan man who was visiting his mother in Lebanon was among the people who were killed in recent Israeli airstrikes, his family announced on social media.

An American was killed Tuesday during an Israeli air strike against Lebanon, according to his family and U.S. officials. Kamel Ahmad Jawad, a 56-year-old from Dearborn, Michigan, was visiting his elderly mother in southern Lebanon when Israel continued its air campaign over the region,

An American from Dearborn, Michigan, was killed in Lebanon in an Israeli airstrike, according to the man's daughter, friend and the U.S. congresswoman representing his constituency. Democratic U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib's office said on Wednesday it was in touch with Kamel Ahmad Jawad's family,