Pine nut season ruined by Israeli shelling in border town: farmer

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Pine nut season ruined by Israeli shelling in border town: farmer

STORY: Pine nut season ruined by Israeli shelling in border town: farmer SHOOTING TIME: May 20, 2024 DATELINE: May 22, 2024 LENGTH: 0:03:31 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of pine trees on the outskirts of the border town of Kfar Hamam and pine cones 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ABDO HASSAN KHALIFEH, Resident of the border town of Kfar Hamam STORYLINE: Abdo Hassan Khalifeh, a pine nut farmer in the Lebanese border town of Kfar Hamam, has had his harvest season destroyed by the continuous Israeli shelling. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ABDO HASSAN KHALIFEH, Resident of the border town of Kfar Hamam "The pine cones dropped from the trees, and even if there is a truce, it will not save our season. It is over. This forest you can see, all the pine trees are being hit and broken, and we have not been able to harvest the pine because of the Israeli aggression since July of last year and before the Al Aqsa Flood operation. The main target of the Israeli shelling and air raids was the forests of K

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