Overview
- Local groups say Khalil was wounded when her home at al‑Mansouri beach near Tyre was struck earlier this month and she later died from those injuries.
- The Israel Defense Forces told CNN it had not targeted Khalil and said there is no known IDF strike in which she was injured, leaving responsibility contested.
- Khalil ran the Orange House eco‑tourism project and spent more than two decades protecting endangered loggerhead and green sea turtles at Mansouri beach.
- Her assistant was seriously injured and suffered severe burns in the same strike, and environmental groups and volunteers publicly mourned Khalil’s loss.
- Conservationists warn that Khalil’s death removes a key local guardian of nesting grounds and could weaken efforts to protect turtles that face threats from development, pollution, fishing nets, and light at night.