Media Tragedy in Lebanon: Journalists Targeted in Israeli Airstrike
Three journalists were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a compound housing media professionals in southeast Lebanon, as confirmed by Lebanon's National News Agency. The attack, unannounced by the Israeli army, targeted chalets rented by various news outlets. The Hasbaya region has been a recent site of intense military activity.
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An Israeli airstrike targeting a compound hosting journalists in southeast Lebanon resulted in the deaths of three media personnel, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported on Friday.
Footage broadcast by local channel Al Jadeed depicted the devastation, with chalets left in ruins and PRESS-labeled vehicles coated in debris. The Israeli military reportedly did not provide a warning before executing the strike.
The Beirut-based channel Al-Mayadeen TV confirmed that two of its staffers, Ghassan Najar and Mohammed Rida, were victims, and Al-Manar TV identified a third casualty, Wissam Qassim, in the Hasbaya region.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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