Lebanese environmental activist Mona Khalil has died from wounds sustained in an Israeli strike earlier this month, family and friends say. For more than 20 years she was a dedicated & stubborn protector of Lebanon’s sea turtles. She had stayed at her home on the beach in Mansouri, southern Lebanon, despite the war. I had the privilege of interviewing her in 2017 when she was resisting the construction of a beach resort backed by powerful local players.