Leading Lebanese Conservationist Dies After an Israeli Airstrike on Her Home
Khalil spent more than 25 years protecting sea turtles and training volunteers before she died from wounds in the strike, officials said.
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Mona Khalil was considered an environmental pioneer in Lebanon. She also stayed in her house by the sea during the war to accompany rare reptiles during egg laying, where she was hit by a rocket.
Beloved Lebanese Sea Turtle Conservationist Killed in Israeli Airstrike
Acclaimed conservationist Mona Khalil was killed by an Israeli strike on her beachside home in the village of al-Mansouri in southern Lebanon. The 76-year-old spent more than 25 years working to protect endangered sea turtles, and her work helped turn a stretch of southern Lebanon’s coastline into one of the most important nesting sites for endangered sea turtles in the eastern Mediterranean. Source
Mona Khalil, Who Devoted Her Life To Protecting Turtles, Killed By Israeli Airstrike
For half a century, a house on the coast in southern Lebanon has kept vigil over Al-Mansouri beach and the blue Mediterranean waters beyond. Mona Khalil's grandfather built the house in the 1970s, around seven miles from the border with Israel. A decade later, the Khalil family fled the Lebanese Civil War and left the house behind. Khalil eventually settled in the Netherlands and found work as a porcelain restorer. In 1999, on a visit to her gra…
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.
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