Israeli air strike kills journalists in southern Lebanon
Al Jazeera
Israeli military accused of targeting media workers by attacking compound housing journalists from seven outlets.
An Israeli attack on a compound housing media workers in southern Lebanon has killed at least three journalists and wounded several others as they slept in guesthouses in Hasbaiyya.
Local media aired footage from the scene on Friday showing collapsed buildings and cars marked “press” covered in dust and rubble.
The victims were identified as cameraman Ghassan Najjar and engineer Mohamed Reda who worked for Al Mayadeen, the pan-Arab TV channel said. Al-Manar TV said its camera operator Wissam Qassim was also killed.
Journalists have been regularly targeted and faced unprecedented dangers while covering Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon.
In November last year, two journalists for Al Mayadeen TV were killed in a drone strike, which the network said was deliberate.
