Bloodshed in Lebanon: Three journalists, nine paramedics killed in one day
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“Three journalists killed in Israeli strike on marked press car in Lebanon”
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— The 2006 Lebanon War was a 34-day armed conflict in Lebanon, fought between Hezbollah and Israel. The war started on 12 July 2006, and continued until a United Nations-brokered ceasefire went into eff…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Lebanon_War
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— Since 2 March 2026, there has been an ongoing war in Lebanon, between the state of Israel and the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah. The war has killed more than 1,000 people in Lebanon and displ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lebanon_war
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— The Israeli–Lebanese conflict, or the South Lebanon conflict, is a long-running conflict involving Israel, Lebanon-based paramilitary groups, and sometimes Syria. The conflict peaked during the Lebane…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli–Lebanese_conflict
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“An Israeli attack on the reporters’ clearly marked press vehicle killed Fatima Ftouni and her brother and colleague, Mohammed, of Al Mayadeen and Al-Manar’s Ali Shuaib on the Jezzine Road.”
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— Since 2 March 2026, there has been an ongoing war in Lebanon, between the state of Israel and the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah. The war has killed more than 1,000 people in Lebanon and displ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lebanon_war
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— Since the beginning of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict on 8 October 2023, 22 media workers have been killed and at least 15 others injured in multiple incidents throughout Lebanon. Human rights organiza…
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— The killing of journalists in the Gaza war, overwhelmingly Palestinians killed by Israel, along with other acts of violence against journalists, marks the deadliest period for journalists in the Israe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journalists_killed_in_…
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“Four precision missiles hit the vehicle, Al Mayadeen said.”
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“Other journalists were wounded in the attack, and one paramedic was killed as ambulances were also reportedly targeted.”
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“The World Health Organization said that eight other paramedics were killed on Saturday and seven more were wounded in five separate attacks on healthcare in southern Lebanon.”
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— The Ministry of Public Health (Arabic: وزارة الصحّة العامة) is a ministry of the government of the Republic of Lebanon. As of 2025, the Minister of Health is Rakan Nassereddine.
The ministry's Departm…
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— Lebanon is a small middle-income country on the Eastern Mediterranean shore with a population of around 4 million Lebanese citizens, 1.2 million Syrian refugees, and half a million Palestinian refugee…
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— Hezbollah is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and banned paramilitary group. Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council, and its political wing is the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc pa…
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“The Israeli military acknowledged the strike that killed the journalists, claiming Shuaib was embedded within a Hezbollah intelligence unit and had been tracking Israeli troop positions in southern Lebanon.”
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“Al-Manar, his employer, described him as one of its most prominent war correspondents, having covered Israeli attacks on Lebanon for decades.”
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“Israel, which has killed more than 270 journalists in Gaza, often alleges that the reporters it targets are members of or are linked to armed groups without providing evidence.”
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“Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Israel had once again violated “the most basic rules of international law” by targeting civilians carrying out their professional duty.”
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“Prime Minister Nawaf Salam decried the attack as “a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law”.”
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“WHO’s chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus did not specify the perpetrator when announcing the deaths of paramedics.”
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“In Zoutar al-Sharqiya, five health workers were killed in a strike, and two were injured, one critically. Two more health workers were killed and three wounded in Kfar Tibnit; one paramedic died in an attack at a health facility in Ghandouriyeh, while another was killed in a strike in Jezzine. Two were wounded in an attack on Kfar Dajjal.”
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“Tedros noted the repeated attacks have severely disrupted health services in southern Lebanon, with four hospitals and 51 primary healthcare centres now closed and several other facilities operating at reduced capacity.”
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“Al Mayadeen has now lost six journalists since hostilities began. Farah Omar, Rabih Me’mari, Ghassan Najjar and Mohammad Reda were killed in earlier attacks.”
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“According to Lebanon’s Ministry of Health, 1,142 people have been killed and more than 3,300 injured in Israeli attacks since March 2 amid the rapidly widening regional conflict now entering a second month.”
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“Israeli troops have pushed further into the south, advancing towards the Litani River. Hezbollah has claimed dozens of operations against Israeli forces in the past 24 hours.”
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“An Israeli air raid in the southern Lebanese town of Deir al-Zahrani killed one Lebanese soldier, Lebanon’s National News agency reported.”
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“Al Jazeera’s Obaida Hitto saidכיכר the reporters stated journalists were performing their professional duties during the attack.”
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“WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reported nine paramedics killed in southern Lebanon on Saturday.”
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“The Committee to Protect Journalists reported 129 journalists killed globally in 2025, with Israel responsible for two-thirds of those deaths.”
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“Israel has killed more journalists than any other nation in the Committee to Protect Journalists’ recorded history.”
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“A separate assault killed Al-Manar’s political programs director, Mohammad Sherri, in central Beirut.”
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