Israeli Airstrike Kills 3 Hezbollah-Aligned Journalists as They Sleep in Lebanon Guest House

Lebanese officials called the overnight strike an “assassination” to drive the press from the area

This picture shows a car marked "Press" at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area where a number of journalists were located in the southern Lebanese village of Hasbaya on October 25, 2024. Lebanon's Information Minister Ziad Makary accused Israel on October 25 of intentionally targeting journalists in a strike on the country's south that killed three journalists, which he described as a "war crime". (Photo by AFP)

An overnight Israeli Defense Forces airstrike in a part of Lebanon that had not been subject to hostilities killed three journalists from Hezbollah-aligned news agencies as they slept in a press enclave, according to The Associated Press.

A group of guest houses rented by various media outlets covering the war was reduced to rubble, and cars marked “PRESS” were seen smashed, overturned and covered in debris. The IDF issued no warning ahead of the strike and said it was investigating, the AP reported.

The deceased included camera operator Ghassan Najjar and technician Mohammed Rida of Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen TV, and Al-Manar TV camera operator Wissam Qassim.

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