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

Published May 29, 2026 Updated May 29, 2026 02:33pm

Lebanon’s culture minister tells 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”.