Lebanese turtle conservationist Mona Khalil killed by Israeli strike

Mona Khalil, who had refused to leave the beach she had spent years protecting, died from her injuries after the Israeli strike.

Mona Kahlil, Defender of Sea Turtles, Killed in an Israel Strike in Lebanon

For a quarter century, Ms. Kahlil ran a guesthouse and worked to protect endangered sea turtles who every summer lay their eggs on a stretch of beach near Tyre, Lebanon.

By Ishani Desai

Israeli attack kills famed turtle sanctuary ecologist in Lebanon

Mona Khalil led decades-long effort to protect nesting site for turtles near her home in south of the country The Lebanese marine activist Mona Khalil, who became a beloved figure in the country for a decades-long effort to protect a nesting site for turtles near her home, has died from injuries sustained in an Israeli strike. Khalil, 76, ran a sanctuary called the Orange House Project near the Mediterranean city of Tyre. She hosted volunteers in her house to clean and monitor a mile-long bea...

By Oliver Holmes

MSF says conditions in Lebanon’s Nabatieh resemble a ‘death trap’

Israel has stepped up attacks on parts of southern Lebanon, including Nabatieh, since midnight on Friday.

Israeli strikes kill at least 20 in Lebanon

Israeli strikes in Lebanon have killed at least 20 people, Lebanon's state news agency NNA said, one day after a ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect, aimed at halting months of escalating violence.

Lebanese villagers return to find homes in ruins

Abed Hachem rebuilt his home when it was damaged in a ​conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in 2024, but is at a loss ‌now that most of his village has been destroyed in Israel’s latest round of strikes. Where his house once stood in Qlaileh is now rubble; where his garden bloomed, dust, with more dust covering the toys and furniture strewn around ​the remains of his living room. “Oh dear… Oh God. There was a building here… here… ​there was a building here,” the 46-year-old father of three s...

By none@none.com (Reuters)

Lebanon says Israel-Hezbollah war toll tops 4,000 after 83 killed Friday - The Daily Star

Lebanon says Israel-Hezbollah war toll tops 4,000 after 83 killed Friday  The Daily Star

Israel carries out retaliatory strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it struck southern Lebanon in response to overnight shelling by Hezbollah at Israeli troops, despite an earlier announced ceasefire.

Israel-Hezbollah war toll tops 4,000 after 83 killed Friday, Lebanon says

Lebanon's health ministry said Saturday that Israeli attacks since March 2 when the latest Israel-Hezbollah war began had reached 4,057 dead, including 135 health and emergency workers, and 12,121 people wounded. The post Israel-Hezbollah war toll tops 4,000 after 83 killed Friday, Lebanon says appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Henry Oduah