Overview
- The strike, which hit a press-marked car near Jezzine on Saturday, killed Al-Manar’s Ali Shaib and Al Mayadeen’s Fatima Ftouni and her brother Mohammed.
- The Israeli military said it had eliminated Shaib and alleged he served in Hezbollah’s Radwan Force and tracked Israeli troop positions, but it offered no public evidence and did not mention the other two deaths.
- Al Mayadeen and Al Manar confirmed the killings, and Lebanon’s president and prime minister condemned the attack as a violation of international humanitarian law that protects journalists.
- Al Mayadeen said four precision missiles struck the vehicle and reported that paramedics were later targeted, killing one, while other reporters were wounded in the area.
- The deaths fit a growing pattern of press casualties in this conflict, with press-rights groups citing record journalist fatalities and warning this could intensify calls for independent investigations and stronger safety guarantees on the Lebanon front.