A Lebanese military source told AFP that Ali Shoeib of Al Manar channel and Fatima Ftouni of Al Mayadeen were killed in the southern town of Jezzine, along with Ftouni’s brother, a cameraman.
Al Mayadeen and Al Manar, which are both affiliated with Hezbollah and the Lebanese resistance, confirmed the deaths.
The Israeli occupation army claimed, as usual, that it had carried out the strike to “eliminate terrorists."
Shoeib was one of Al Manar’s most prominent war correspondents, having covered Israeli attacks on Lebanon for decades.
Israel has assassinated dozens of journalists covering its wars in Lebanon and Gaza since 2023, drawing regional and international condemnation from journalists and rights groups.
Earlier this month, an Israeli strike on central Beirut killed Mohammad Sherri, Al Manar’s political programmes director.
In October 2024, an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon killed three journalists, including a cameraman for Al Manar and a cameraman and broadcast engineer for Al Mayadeen.
In November 2023, an Israeli strike killed Al Mayadeen correspondent Farah Omar, cameraman Rabih Maamari, and fixer Hussein Aqil, while on assignment in southern Lebanon.
In October 2023, an Israeli strike killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and wounded six others, including AFP journalists Dylan Collins and Christina Assi, near the Israeli border.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned the killings, calling them “a blatant crime that violates all the norms and treaties under which journalists enjoy international protection in wars."
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said the targeting of journalists was “a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law."
Since 2 March, Israeli strikes have killed at least 1,189 people and wounded 3,427 others across Beirut and southern and eastern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
The attacks have damaged or destroyed large areas of civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, clinics, welfare institutions, roads, and bridges, as the conflict continues to escalate.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces launched a new wave of air raids across southern Lebanon on Saturday, hitting towns and cities including Nabatiyeh, where strikes damaged residential and commercial buildings and a fuel station, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA).
The agency also reported strikes on border towns, particularly Taybeh, alongside what it described as an attempt by Israeli forces to advance towards the Litani River.
Israeli officials have said they plan to establish a "buffer zone" extending up to the Litani River, about 30 kilometres north of the border, a move the Lebanese government, along with regional and international states and organizations, have rejected.
Hezbollah said it targeted Israeli troop positions in the predominantly Christian border town of Debel, where some residents remain despite ongoing fighting.
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