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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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.
Mona Khalil was a woman who dedicated more than a quarter of a century to protecting endangered sea turtles on the Lebanese coast. Her life was taken by Israeli airstrikes.
Mona Khalil has spent decades monitoring nesting sites, documenting marine life, and fighting coastal settlement, pollution, and destructive fishing practices.
Lebanon conservation pioneer dies from injuries after Israeli strike
Lebanon conservation pioneer dies from injuries after Israeli strike Tributes have been paid to Lebanese marine ecologist Mona Khalil, who died on Friday from injuries sustained in an Israeli strike on her home in the southern village of al-Mansouri. Khalil was widely known for leading efforts to protect one of Lebanon's most important nesting sites for endangered sea turtles and for her environmental work along the country's coastline. The Soc…
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