SaltWire's Atlantic regional weather forecast for November 2, 2023 | SaltWireBEIRUT - Fires caused by Israeli shelling in south Lebanon have burned some 40,000 olive trees and torched hundreds of square km of land, dealing a serious blow to a major Lebanese crop, the agriculture minister said.
He accused Israel of starting the fires by using shells containing white phosphorous to destroy wooded areas which Hezbollah fighters - who began firing into Israel in support of Hamas in what has become the worst flare-up of border hostilities since a 2006 war - could use as cover. Agriculture ministry data showed some 130 fires, in 60 villages and their surroundings, have been recorded during the fighting."These olives have not been harvested yet, meaning we lost the trees and the season," Hajj Hassan said.
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