Three Lebanese journalists have been killed in an Israeli airstrike, according to officials.
Per reporting from Al Jazeera, the attack targeted a clearly marked press vehicle that claimed the lives of Al-Mayadeen reporters Fatima Ftouni and her brother/colleague, Mohammed Ftouni, as well as Ali Shoeib, a journalist who worked for Al-Manar, a satellite television station operated by Hezbollah, the Iran-backed political party and paramilitary group.
While the Israeli military claimed Shoeib was a “terrorist” and “operated for years under the guise of a journalist,” it did not provide any evidence to support this description. Additionally, the IOF did not comment on the killings of the Ftounis.
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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called the strike a “brazen crime” that violated the “most basic rules” of international law by targeting reporters, “who are ultimately civilians performing a professional duty.”
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