A combined images of (From L to R) Ali Shoeib, correspondent for Al Manar and Fatima Ftouni, reporter for Al Mayadeen. Photo courtesy of Drop site.
On his official Telegram channel, Araghchi said the killings amounted to "targeted assassination" and "flagrant violation of international law".
Ali Shoeib, from the Hezbollah-owned al-Manar television station, Fatima Ftouni, and her brother and cameraman Mohammed Ftouni from the channel al-Mayadeen were killed in the Israeli airstrike targeting their car yesterday.
Israel, which has killed more than 220 journalists in Gaza and Lebanon since 2023, claimed the attack shortly afterwards, confirming the target was Shoeib, whom it accused of being a Hezbollah “terrorist”.
International humanitarian law is meant to protect civilian journalists during armed conflict, and Israel has been accused of clearly violating it, with effective impunity.
Lebanon’s Information Minister Paul Morcos said Saturday the government is preparing to file complaints with international bodies over repeated Israeli attacks targeting journalists, the official National News Agency reported.
Speaking at an emergency press conference, Morcos said the ministry had moved beyond issuing condemnations and was taking “practical steps” in coordination with the foreign ministry.
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