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With an arm wrapped round her great- great-granddaughter, Mariam Amash bathes the latest addition to her family.
She offers Islamic blessings for the week-old baby - a traditional Arabic custom.
It is a ritual that Mrs Amash has performed many times in her life.
According to Mrs Amash, she was born 120 years ago - a claim, if confirmed, that would make her the oldest person in the world.
The Guinness Book of Records currently lists 114-year-old Edna Parker of Shelbyville, Indiana, as holding the title.
But Mrs Amash - who lives in the predominantly Arab town of Jisr az-Zarqa in northern Israel - views her rival as a relative youngster.
Huge family
"Yes, I am the oldest person in the world," she says, her family crowding around her.
She offers Islamic blessings for the week-old baby - a traditional Arabic custom.
It is a ritual that Mrs Amash has performed many times in her life.
According to Mrs Amash, she was born 120 years ago - a claim, if confirmed, that would make her the oldest person in the world.
The Guinness Book of Records currently lists 114-year-old Edna Parker of Shelbyville, Indiana, as holding the title.
But Mrs Amash - who lives in the predominantly Arab town of Jisr az-Zarqa in northern Israel - views her rival as a relative youngster.
Huge family
"Yes, I am the oldest person in the world," she says, her family crowding around her.
