Israeli strike in southern Lebanon kills 3 journalists
AP News • • world
Key Points:
- An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon killed three journalists, including Ali Shoeib of Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV and Fatima Ftouni of Al-Mayadeen TV, along with her brother Mohammed, a video journalist.
- Israel accused Shoeib of being a Hezbollah intelligence operative involved in exposing Israeli soldier locations, but provided no evidence; the media outlets denied the allegations and condemned the strike.
- Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun called the airstrike a violation of laws protecting journalists, as the deaths raise the total number of media workers killed in Lebanon this year to five.
- Hezbollah fired about 250 projectiles towards Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon in the past 24 hours, with 23 crossing into Israel, amid ongoing hostilities since March 2.
- The conflict has resulted in 1,189 deaths in Lebanon since early March, including nine paramedics killed on Saturday, highlighting the heavy toll on civilians and health workers.
