{"id":118302,"date":"2024-10-25T18:55:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T11:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118302"},"modified":"2024-10-25T18:55:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T11:55:09","slug":"three-journalists-killed-in-israeli-air-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118302","title":{"rendered":"Three journalists killed in Israeli air strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Aftermath of deadly Israeli strike on press building in Lebanon<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Three journalists have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a building known to be housing reporters in south-eastern Lebanon, witnesses have told the BBC.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The attack was carried out on a guesthouse in a compound in Hasbaya being used by more than a dozen journalists from at least seven media organisations &#8211; with a courtyard containing cars clearly marked with &#8220;press&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The three men worked for broadcasters Al-Manar TV and Al Mayadeen TV, which issued statements paying tribute to their killed employees. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Lebanon&#8217;s information minister said the attack was deliberate and described it as a &#8220;war crime&#8221;. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Israeli military has not yet commented, but has previously denied targeting journalists. <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Those killed were camera operator Ghassan Najjar and engineer Mohamed Reda from pro-Iranian news channel Al Mayadeen, as well as camera operator Wissam Qassem from the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Lebanese ministry of health said three others were injured in the blast.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Five reporters had been killed in prior Israeli strikes in Lebanon, including Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Footage broadcast by Al-Jadeed TV &#8211; whose journalists were also sharing the house &#8211; showed a bombed-out building with a collapsed roof and floors covered in rubble.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A vehicle used for TV broadcasts was overturned on its side, its satellite dish mangled with cabling nearby. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;All official parties were told that this house was being used as a stay-house for journalists. We coordinated with them all,&#8221; an Al-Jadeed journalist, caked in concrete dust, said in a live broadcast while panting and coughing.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Lebanese journalists covering the conflict in the south of the country had to relocate from nearby Marj&#8217;youn to Hasbaya, as the former became too dangerous.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 gfTVSf\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/6d58\/live\/95bdd050-92b7-11ef-89ae-5575c76d98e6.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/6d58\/live\/95bdd050-92b7-11ef-89ae-5575c76d98e6.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/6d58\/live\/95bdd050-92b7-11ef-89ae-5575c76d98e6.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/6d58\/live\/95bdd050-92b7-11ef-89ae-5575c76d98e6.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/6d58\/live\/95bdd050-92b7-11ef-89ae-5575c76d98e6.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/6d58\/live\/95bdd050-92b7-11ef-89ae-5575c76d98e6.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/6d58\/live\/95bdd050-92b7-11ef-89ae-5575c76d98e6.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/6d58\/live\/95bdd050-92b7-11ef-89ae-5575c76d98e6.jpg.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Getty Images Two heavily damaged SUVs, with shattered windows and crumpled frames. One has the world word &quot;press&quot; written on its bonnet. Rubble and twisted metal is piled on top of them and around them.\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Youmna Fawwaz, a reporter for broadcaster MTV Lebanon, told the BBC that journalists in the compound were awoken at around 03:00 local time (01:00 BST) by the strike.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">She said ceilings had fallen in on them, and they were surrounded by rubble and dust, with the sound of fighter jets overhead.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Each news organisation had their own building in the compound, she said, and the building housing the Al Mayadeen reporters was &#8220;obliterated&#8221; while Al-Manar employees were inside. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Ms Fawwaz said it was a media compound known as such to both Israel and Hezbollah.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;The airstrike was carried out on purpose. Everyone knew we were there. All the cars were labelled as press and TV. There wasn&#8217;t even a warning given to us.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">She added: &#8220;They are trying to terrorise us just like they do in Gaza. Israelis are trying to prevent us from covering the story.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Lebanon&#8217;s information minister accused Israel of intentionally targeting journalists, in contravention of international law.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;The Israeli enemy waited for the journalists&#8217; nighttime break to betray them in their sleep,&#8221; Ziad Makary wrote in a post on X. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;This is an assassination, after monitoring and tracking, with prior planning and design, as there were 18 journalists there representing seven media institutions.&#8221; <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Hasbaya, about five miles (eight kilometres) from the Israeli border, is inhabited by Muslims, Christians, as well as people from the Druze ethnic and religious minority. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">It has seen attacks on its peripheries in recent weeks, but this was the first strike on the settlement itself. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The attack comes as part of an expanding conflict in Lebanon, where Israel has been intensifying air strikes for weeks &#8211; as well as launching a ground invasion on border towns and villages in the south.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Lebanese authorities have recorded over 1,700 air strikes across the country in the past three weeks.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Hostilities broke out between Israel and Hezbollah on 8 October last year, the day after Hamas&#8217;s attack on Israel that killed around 1,200 people. The Iran-backed armed group has since been firing rockets and drones into Israel in what it described as &#8220;solidarity&#8221; with Palestinians in Gaza. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Nearly 2,600 people in Lebanon have been killed in the current conflict, according to the country&#8217;s health ministry &#8211; many of the deaths occurring since Israel began escalating its attacks on 23 September.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Around 60,000 people in northern Israel have been displaced by Hezbollah rocket fire, and the Israeli government has declared returning them to their homes to be a key objective.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In southern Lebanon, satellite imagery examined by the BBC shows Israel&#8217;s intensified bombing campaign has caused more damage to buildings in two weeks than occurred during a year of cross-border fighting.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Data shows that more than 3,600 buildings in Lebanon appear to have been damaged or destroyed between 2 and 14 October &#8211; about 54% of the total damage. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The attack comes days after the Israeli military accused six Al Jazeera journalists working in northern Gaza of being affiliated with Hamas or other armed Palestinian groups. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Qatari broadcaster said it denies and &#8220;vehemently condemns&#8221; the allegations.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, at least 123 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched a war in the territory last year. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Gaza&#8217;s Hamas-run health authority has reported more than 42,000 people killed since. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Two Israeli journalists have also been killed in the conflict.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\"><i id=\"additional-reporting-by-rawad-salameh\" class=\"sc-7dcfb11b-0 kKcaog\">Additional reporting by Rawad Salameh<!-- --><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cpvz2rzm4k0o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aftermath of deadly Israeli strike on press building in Lebanon Three journalists have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a building known to be housing reporters in south-eastern Lebanon, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118302\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}