Israel Strike Kills Lebanese Conservationist Mona Khalil in Beirut Mourning

Mourners gathered in Beirut to pay their respects to Mona Khalil, a Lebanese conservationist who died from wounds caused by an Israeli strike on her home on the country’s southern coast.

“Mourners have gathered in Beirut to pay their respects to a much-loved Lebanese conservationist who died from wounds caused by an Israeli strike on her home on the country’s southern coast”

Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera said Khalil, 77, was critically injured in the village of al-Mansouri in Tyre province on June 4 and succumbed to her wounds more than two weeks later, on Friday.

Al Jazeera

The Orange House Project, which Khalil helped build into a small conservation hub and ecotourism site in al-Mansouri, became a refuge for endangered loggerhead and green sea turtles and a training ground for volunteers documenting nesting activity along the coast.

Journalist and environmental activist Fadia Jomaa said Khalil longed to return to the south and recalled her saying, “My soul will stay here,” while also adding, “This is where you will bury me.”

Mehr News Agency reported that Israeli air strikes killed seven people and wounded one in eastern and southern Lebanon on Sunday, describing it as the latest breach of a ceasefire.

The same report said the Lebanese health ministry stated that two strikes hit Sahmar in the western Bekaa and al-Rashidiya in the south on Saturday, without releasing further details on identities or damage.

Anadolu Ajansi

Mehr News Agency also cited the Lebanese health ministry saying that 4,057 people have been killed and 12,121 wounded in Israeli attacks since March 2, and that on Friday alone Israeli strikes across southern and eastern Lebanon killed 83 people and wounded 141.

In a separate account, اخبارك نت said Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health announced on Saturday the death of seven people in Israeli airstrikes that targeted areas in the east and south of the country, including a child and a woman.

As Israeli strikes continued, اپک تایمز فارسی reported that Israel’s army urged residents of Dahieh in south Beirut, under Hezbollah control, and a large portion of southern Lebanon to leave their homes immediately.

“Five Israeli soldiers were killed in the aggression against Lebanon since Thursday, part of a week in which 12 soldiers were killed, according to the Israeli army”

Anadolu Ajansi

The report quoted Avichai Adraei, the Arabic-speaking spokesperson for the Israeli army, saying, “Save your lives and immediately leave your homes,” and it said he announced proposed evacuation routes including moving Burj al-Barajneh and al-Hadath east toward the Lebanon mountains.

اپک تایمز فارسی also said Lebanon’s Ministry of Health reported 77 people have been killed in these attacks so far, while Lebanon’s Minister of Social Affairs said more than 83,000 people in shelters across the country have been registered, including about 18,000 families.

In parallel, The Lebanese government stressed a ban on IRGC activities and the arrest of its members, with Lebanon’s Information Minister Bou Merqus saying the Council of Ministers decided to act “immediately and decisively to prevent any activity or security or military action from Lebanese soil.”