Flames leap from a car at the site of a bombing that killed Lebanese army Brig. Gen. Francois Hajj in Baabda, southeast of Beirut. (Joseph Faddoul / EPA)
Lebanese soldiers in Baabda seal off the area where the bombing occurred. The military official who died was among the top candidates to replace Gen. Michel Suleiman, the leading contender for Lebanon’s presidency, as head of the army. (Ahmad Omar / Associated Press)
Kafa Alam, the mother of Brig. Gen. Francois Hajj, is surrounded by relatives at the family house in the southern village of Rmeish, Lebanon. (Mohammed Zaatari / Associated Press)
Hajj’s widow, Luddy, weeps after his assassination. (Wael Hamzeh / EPA)
