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Workers clean up dead carp fish from the shores of the reservoir on April 29, 2021. AFP Asharq Al-Awsat
Tons of dead fish have washed up on the shore of the highly polluted lake of Qaraoun in eastern Lebanon in the past few days, an official said Thursday.
It was not immediately clear what caused the fish kill in Lake Qaraoun on the Litani river, which several local fisherman said was unprecedented in scale.
A preliminary report said a virus had killed only carp in the lake, but a veteran water expert said their deaths could also have been caused by pollution.
Tons of dead fish wash up on banks of Lebanon s highly polluted Lake Qaraoun
April 30, 2021 / 6:20 AM / AFP
Qaraoun, Lebanon Tons of dead fish have washed up on the shore of a highly polluted lake in eastern Lebanon in the past few days, an official said Thursday. It was not immediately clear what caused the fish kill in Lake Qaraoun on the Litani river, which several local fisherman said was unprecedented in scale.
Dead fish are seen floating in Lake Qaraoun on the Litani River, Lebanon, April 29, 2021. MOHAMED AZAKIR/REUTERS
A preliminary report said a virus had killed only carp in the lake, but a veteran water expert said their deaths could also have been caused by pollution.
dangerous migration north for the summer.
Pictures and videos of the storks delighted
social media users, days after an invasion of locusts caused concerns over food security in a country already suffering from its worst economic crisis yet.
“About that plague of locusts that was descending on Lebanon on top of everything else … nature is stepping in with the biggest muster of storks imaginable. What a sight!” tweeted Lebanese artist Joumana Medlej.
About that plague of locusts that was descending on Lebanon on top of everything else … Nature is stepping in with the biggest muster of storks imaginable. What a sight!
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The Prophet Micah had a vision that,
“In the Last Days the Mountain of the LORD’s House will be exalted… and peoples will stream to it” (4:1). This is the first time the term “Mountain of the House” –
“HAR HA-BAIT” in Hebrew – is used. Today it is the most used name for the
Temple Mount.
This mountain of mountains, the holiest place in Judaism, where the
First and Second Jewish Temples were built, the location of the Holy of Holies and a dwelling place for God’s
Shekinah presence, is also known as Mt. Moriah, Mt. Zion, and other names we learn about as we “go up” with our guide Sharona.