Lebanon warns Israeli strikes put heritage sites in 'serious danger'

Middle East Eye · May 29, 2026 War

Lebanon warns Israeli strikes put heritage sites in 'serious danger' Lebanon's culture minister has told AFP that Israeli strikes on the country's south are putting heritage sites, including in the ancient city of Tyre, in "serious danger". "Bombings fell very close to the ruins of Tyre," a Unesco World Heritage site, Ghassan Salame said, adding that the medieval Beaufort castle overlooking Nabatieh was "directly hit".

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