Lebanon’s Turtle Guardian Dies After Israeli Strike
TL;DR
Lebanese marine ecologist Mona Khalil, renowned for protecting nesting sites of endangered loggerhead and green sea turtles along Lebanon’s southern coast, died from injuries after an Israeli strike hit her Tyre-area home; her death comes amid renewed attacks in southern Lebanon.
- Mona Khalil, Lebanon’s turtle advocate, dies after Israeli attack Al Jazeera
- Lebanese turtle conservationist Mona Khalil killed by Israeli strike BBC
- Mona Kahlil, Defender of Sea Turtles, Killed in an Israel Strike in Lebanon The New York Times
- Israeli attack kills famed turtle sanctuary ecologist in Lebanon The Guardian
- Mona Khalil, ‘guardian of the turtles’ of Mansouri, succumbs to injuries after Israeli strike on her home L'Orient Today
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