An Israeli strike killed three journalists on Saturday (March 28, 2026) in south Lebanon, together with a well known reporter for Hezbollah’s Al Manar community, with Lebanese authorities denouncing the assault as a “struggle crime”.
The Israeli army confirmed killing Al Manar correspondent Ali Shoeib, accusing him of getting “operated inside the Hezbollah terrorist organisation below the guise of a journalist”.
Lebanon was pulled into the Center East struggle when Tehran-backed Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel on March 2 to avenge the killing of Iran’s supreme chief within the opening salvo of the U.S.-Israeli struggle in opposition to the Islamic republic.
Israel has responded with large-scale airstrikes throughout Lebanon and a floor offensive within the south, with Lebanese authorities reporting a minimum of 1,189 individuals killed because the hostilities broke out.
A Lebanese army supply instructed AFP earlier on Saturday (March 28) that Ali Shoeib of Hezbollah’s Al Manar channel and Fatima Ftouni of Al Mayadeen, seen as near the Iran-backed motion, have been killed in Jezzine, alongside Ftouni’s brother, a cameraman.
Al Mayadeen and Al Manar confirmed the deaths of their journalists.
Shoeib was one among Al Manar’s most distinguished struggle correspondents, having lined Israeli assaults on Lebanon for many years.
In a press release, the Israeli army stated it had focused Shoeib, alleging that he “operated inside the Hezbollah terrorist organisation below the guise of a journalist for the Al Manar community”.
It later stated that it had killed “over 800” Hezbollah members “from the air, sea, and on the bottom” because the begin of the present struggle.
Blatant crime
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned the killings, calling them “a blatant crime that violates all of the norms and treaties below which journalists take pleasure in worldwide safety in wars”.
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam stated the focusing on of journalists was “a flagrant violation of worldwide humanitarian regulation”, whereas Info Minister Paul Morcos deemed the actions to be “struggle crimes”.
A strike on central Beirut earlier this month killed Mohammad Sherri, Al Manar‘s political programmes director.
A number of journalists have been additionally killed and wounded throughout the earlier spherical of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah in 2023 and 2024.
At the very least 5 journalists have been killed in Israeli strikes within the south in that battle, together with a correspondent for Al-Mayadeen TV and a cameraman for Al-Manar.
In October 2023, Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah was killed, and 6 others have been wounded, together with AFP journalists Dylan Collins and Christina Assi whereas overlaying the battle close to the Israeli border.
An impartial AFP investigation concluded that two Israeli 120mm tank shells have been fired from the Jordeikh space inside Israel.
Strikes on south
On Saturday (March 28) night, Israeli warplanes broke the sound barrier over Beirut, with residents throughout the nation listening to loud booms.
Israel earlier launched a brand new collection of raids on southern Lebanon, killing 9 paramedics based on Well being Minister Rakan Nassereddine.
The Minister stated 4 of the medics have been from the Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic Well being Committee and have been focused by Israeli strikes whereas finishing up rescue missions, whereas 5 have been from the Hezbollah-allied Amal motion’s Risala Scouts, who have been additionally on responsibility.
Because the begin of the struggle, the Well being Ministry has documented the deaths of 46 paramedics and 5 different healthcare employees in Lebanon because of Israeli strikes, the Minister stated.
World Well being Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated on X that “March has been the second most threatening month for well being employees in Lebanon” because the organisation began monitoring assaults in October 2023.
“Well being employees are protected below worldwide humanitarian regulation and may by no means be focused,” he added.
The Lebanese military, in the meantime, introduced the dying of two of its troopers, killed in Israeli airstrikes within the cities of Deir Zahrani and Kfar Tibnit. Army sources instructed AFP that the troopers weren’t on responsibility.
Lebanon’s state-run Nationwide Information Company reported “a collection of strikes” within the south early Saturday (March 28).
In Henniyeh, the Well being Ministry stated an Israeli strike killed seven individuals, six Syrians and one Lebanese, and wounded 9 Syrians.
It stated that one other strike on Deir Zahrani killed seven individuals and wounded eight others. Hezbollah stated in separate statements that it had focused gatherings of Israeli forces in a number of southern cities, together with close to Taybeh, only a few kilometres from Israel.
Israeli forces have been pushing into areas close to the border, and officers have introduced plans to determine a buffer zone as much as the Litani River, round 30 kilometres (20 miles) north of Israel.
Revealed – March 29, 2026 04:59 am IST