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Israeli occupation forces burn over 120 hectares of centuries-old olive groves in south Lebanon
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Israeli occupation troops set fire to over 120 hectares (1,200 dunams) of olive groves and fruit orchards in the Lebanese border town of Yaroun in Bint Jbeil District, with the blaze burning for over 36 hours.

“My heart broke at the sight. Together with several residents, we watched the fields burn until we were in tears,” Hafez Ghacham, municipality chairman of Yaroun, told L’Orient-Le Jour on 3 August.