The remains of a beehive destroyed in an Israeli strike on Alma al-Shaab. (Photo sent to L'Orient Today by Majid Kwais)
For World Bee Day, L'Orient Today is republishing this story that was originally published on Aug. 9, 2024.Whenever Ibrahim Qaroot’s friends drive their truck in the area surrounding Sour, the 33-year-old beekeeper says that they place their hands over their hearts and pray to God that the Israeli drone, incessantly buzzing overhead, would not fire one of its Hellfire missiles at their vehicle.The men have good reason to be afraid.In May, an Israeli strike on Mais al-Jabal killed Hussein Issa, a Hezbollah member and beekeeper who had returned to his village, on the border with Israel, so that he could check on his hives. Regardless of how other beekeepers might feel about Hezbollah, the fact that he was one of their own and killed while tending to his bees made him a “martyr” in their eyes.Still, Qaroot’s friends, despite the daily...
For World Bee Day, L'Orient Today is republishing this story that was originally published on Aug. 9, 2024.Whenever Ibrahim Qaroot’s friends drive their truck in the area surrounding Sour, the 33-year-old beekeeper says that they place their hands over their hearts and pray to God that the Israeli drone, incessantly buzzing overhead, would not fire one of its Hellfire missiles at their vehicle.The men have good reason to be afraid.In May, an Israeli strike on Mais al-Jabal killed Hussein Issa, a Hezbollah member and beekeeper who had returned to his village, on the border with Israel, so that he could check on his hives. Regardless of how other beekeepers might feel about Hezbollah, the fact that he was one of their own and killed while tending to his bees made him a “martyr” in their eyes.Still, Qaroot’s friends, despite the...
