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Lebanon accuses Israel of burning forest and farmland in south
Lebanese officials and residents accuse Israel's military of deliberately starting fires that have burned about 160 square kilometres of land, half of it agricultural, in southern Lebanon amid summer heat.
As extreme heat fuels wildfires globally this summer, Lebanese officials and residents have accused Israel's military of systematically sparking blazes that have burned large areas of forest and farmland in southern Lebanon.
Lebanon's governmental National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS) said Israeli military activity had caused 160 square kilometres of land to go up in flames, about half of it agricultural.
A resident of Shaqra, Haidar Qoteish, described watching fires consume fields and orchards in his hometown of Hula, about five kilometres from Shaqra and under Israeli military control. "They've burnt everything. You can see the fields are all black," he told AFP. He also said that land not burned had been bulldozed, calling it "a great loss, and there's nothing we can do."
The accusations come amid ongoing cross-border tensions, though the article does not specify the time frame or context of the military activity.
- Israel
- Lebanon
- Wildfires
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WorldInternational
Lebanon accuses Israel of burning forest and farmland in south
Lebanese officials and residents accuse Israel's military of deliberately starting fires that have burned about 160 square kilometres of land, half of it agricultural, in southern Lebanon amid summer heat.
As extreme heat fuels wildfires globally this summer, Lebanese officials and residents have accused Israel's military of systematically sparking blazes that have burned large areas of forest and farmland in southern Lebanon.
Lebanon's governmental National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS) said Israeli military activity had caused 160 square kilometres of land to go up in flames, about half of it agricultural.
A resident of Shaqra, Haidar Qoteish, described watching fires consume fields and orchards in his hometown of Hula, about five kilometres from Shaqra and under Israeli military control. "They've burnt everything. You can see the fields are all black," he told AFP. He also said that land not burned had been bulldozed, calling it "a great loss, and there's nothing we can do."
The accusations come amid ongoing cross-border tensions, though the article does not specify the time frame or context of the military activity.
- Israel
- Lebanon
- Wildfires
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