Overview
- Mona Khalil died on June 19 from wounds she suffered after her home at Mansouri (al‑Mansouri) beach was struck earlier in June, and her assistant was also seriously injured while the Orange House conservation hub was damaged.
- Local groups and volunteers such as Live Love Tyre and Green Southerners confirmed her death and paid tribute to more than two decades of work protecting loggerhead and green sea turtle nests and training volunteers.
- The Israel Defense Forces told media it had no known strike that injured Khalil and said she was not a target, leaving responsibility for the specific strike disputed between local reports and the military statement.
- Her death came during a period of intensified Israeli air attacks in southern Lebanon that other reporting says killed dozens of civilians and has raised concerns about safety for residents and conservation work.
- Mansouri beach is one of southern Lebanon’s key turtle nesting sites and Khalil’s loss risks setting back on‑the‑ground protections against threats like coastal development, plastic pollution, fishing nets and light disturbance.