Mona Kahlil, a Lebanon-based conservationist known for protecting endangered sea turtles, dies after being killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon, according to reports from multiple outlets. Kahlil spent more than two decades working at a guesthouse and helping safeguard turtle nests on a beach near Tyre in southern Lebanon. Each year, endangered sea turtles lay eggs on the same stretch of shoreline, and Kahlil’s efforts focused on protecting those nesting sites during the breeding season.
The BBC reports that she refuses to leave the beach she had spent years protecting and is killed by the strike, later dying from injuries. Al Jazeera similarly describes her as a longtime turtle advocate who spent over two decades protecting nests of endangered turtle species in southern Lebanon. The New York Times adds that she operated a guesthouse and dedicated herself to sea turtle protection for about a quarter-century.
The reports describe her death but do not provide further detail in the provided excerpts about the specific circumstances of the strike beyond where it occurred and the result.
