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BEIRUT: Activists and campaign groups on Saturday paid tribute to Lebanese environmentalist Mona Khalil who died from injuries sustained in an Israeli strike in the country’s south, where she dedicated her life to turtle conservation for decades.
A medical source had previously said that Khalil, aged in her late seventies, was badly wounded in an Israeli strike on June 4 that hit her home in the village of Mansouri, around 10 kilometres south of the coastal city of Tyre. She died on Friday.
Julien Jreissati, programme director at Greenpeace Middle East and North Africa, said Khalil had “dedicated decades of her life to protecting the sea turtles and coastline of Mansouri”.
“Her loss is not only a loss for her family and community, but for the environmental movement in Lebanon and the region,” he said.
