Farmers risk lives harvesting olives under Israeli military surveillance in Lebanon's border regions.
Farmers risk lives harvesting olives under Israeli military surveillance in Lebanon’s border regions.
By Mounir Kabalan
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Marjayoun district, Lebanon – In his southern Lebanese hometown of Hula, a few metres away from the border with Israel, Khairallah Yaacoub walks through his olive grove. Khairallah is harvesting the olives, even though there aren’t many this year.
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