Lebanon condemns ‘blatant war crime’ after Israel kills three journalists (Guardian, 2026-03-28)
>> Ali Shoeib, from the Hezbollah-owned al-Manar television station, Fatima Ftouni and her brother and cameraman Mohammed Ftouni from the pro-Hezbollah outlet al-Mayadeen, were killed in the strike targeting their car.
>> Eighteen months earlier, [Fatima Ftouni] and her colleagues were struck by an Israeli bomb while they were sleeping in a hotel in south Lebanon; Ftouni survived but two of her colleagues did not. Commenting on the deaths of her colleagues at the time, Ftouni said that “it is the silence of the international community that let this happen”.
>> The three journalists were struck as they were driving in Jezzine, a district in south #Lebanon far from the frontlines...
>> International law says that regardless of political affiliation, journalists are considered civilians and targeting them is a war crime...