Lebanese turtle conservationist Mona Khalil killed by Israeli strike
The 76-year-old protected endangered sea turtles for more than two decades, and Green Southerners said the strike also injured her assistant.
- On Friday, Lebanese marine ecologist Mona Khalil died from injuries sustained in an Israeli strike on her home in the southern village of Mansouri.
- An Israeli airstrike hit Khalil's home on June 4, seriously injuring her and her assistant; both were evacuated to a hospital before Khalil was transferred to the American University of Beirut Medical Center.
- Trained by the Athens-based NGO Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles, Khalil famously opened the Orange House to fund her conservation efforts protecting vital nesting sites for endangered sea turtles along the coast.
- Greenpeace Middle East and North Africa expert Julien Jreissati said her death is a loss felt "for the environmental movement in Lebanon and the region," while The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon called her a "tireless champion."
- Her death serves as a reminder that ongoing violence in southern Lebanon exacts a toll on civilians and environmental defenders, the group Green Southerners stated.
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Leading Lebanese conservationist dies after an Israeli airstrike on her home
Mona Khalil died Friday after an Israeli airstrike hit her beachside home two weeks ago. She's credited with creating a conservation movement in southern Lebanon to protect sea turtle nesting grounds.
In Lebanon, conservationist Mona Khalil (76) died on Friday from injuries sustained in an Israeli bombardment. Khalil, who for years in...
Mona Khalil, a Lebanese environmental activist committed to the protection of marine turtles, died on Friday, 19 June, as a result of her injuries following an Israeli strike in early June that hit her home in southern Lebanon.
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