The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said it was investigating the latest Israeli strike on Saturday that killed three journalists as they drove in a clearly marked press car along a highway in southern Lebanon.
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In a statement that mirrored many it had issued throughout the war in Gaza, the Israeli military acknowledged carrying out the strike that killed the journalists, claiming Shoaib was a member of Hezbollah’s “Radwan” special forces unit and “moved for years disguised as a journalist.”
The Israeli military also posted a photograph of Shoaib dressed in military fatigues, but when asked by Fox News to provide the image, a spokesperson said: “Unfortunately there isn’t really a picture of it, it was photoshopped.”
“CPJ is investigating this latest attack on journalists in Lebanon which has been an increasingly deadly zone for journalists, despite their status as civilians who must not be targeted,” said CPJ Regional Director Sara Qudah.
Israel carried out similar targeted killings of journalists in Gaza during its two-year war on the territory, accusing them of being members of Hamas after the fact. In total, it killed 209 Palestinian journalists in Gaza throughout the conflict. The CPJ documented numerous unsubstantiated claims made by Israel about journalists it had killed in Gaza, including the case of Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif.
Hussain Hamood, a freelance journalist who works with Al-Manar TV, was killed in an Israeli strike while filming in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh on March 25, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
In this Saturday, March 7, 2026 photo, Al-Mayadeen TV reporter Fatima Ftouni who, according to the Al-Mayadeen TV station, was killed in an Israeli airstrike with other journalists in the town of Jezzine, south Lebanon, Saturday, March 28, 2026, is seen reporting from Nabatiyeh town. —Hawraa Raad—Associated PressFtouni, who was killed on Saturday alongside her brother and Shoaib, had recently reported on the death of seven of her family members in an Israeli airstrike.
Al-Manar is owned by Hezbollah, but it is a civilian organization protected by international law. Hezbollah is a militant group, but also a political party with elected representatives in Lebanon’s parliament.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called it “a blatant crime that violates all norms and treaties under which journalists are granted international protection during armed conflicts”.
“We adhere to international agreements that prioritize positive distinction for journalists, ensuring their protection and neutrality in times of war,” Morcos said.
“Journalists are civilians protected by international humanitarian law. By deliberately targeting these three media professionals, the State of Israel is once again seriously violating this law,” said IFJ General Secretary Anthony Bellanger.
Record number of journalists killed
A CPJ report released in February found that 2025 was the deadliest on record for journalists, and that for the third year in a row, Israel killed more journalists and media workers than any other country.
The death toll is the highest since the press freedom group started tracking the killing of journalists in 1992.
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