'War Ruined Me': Lebanon's Farmers Mourn Lost Season

The conflict has displaced more than half a million people, including farmers who abandoned their crops just when they were ready to harvest (Credit: AFP)

Lebanese farmer Abu Taleb briefly returned to his orchard last month to salvage an avocado harvest but ran away empty handed as soon as Israeli air raids began.

"The war broke out just before the first harvest season," said Abu Taleb, displaced from the village of Tayr Debba near the southern city Tyre.