Funeral held for Lebanese journalists killed in Israeli strike
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“Funeral held for Lebanese journalists killed in Israeli strike”
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Wikipedia evidence references 2006 Lebanon War, 2024 Israeli invasion, and Israeli-Lebanese conflict but does not mention specific funerals for journalists killed in Israeli strikes. No direct confirmation of the funeral event.
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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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Lebanon_War
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— A war between Israel and Hezbollah took place in Southern Lebanon during 2024 amid the Middle Eastern crisis. The war began on 1 October when Israel crossed the Blue Line in its sixth invasion of Leba…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Israeli_invasion_of_Leban…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Israeli_invasion_of_Leban…
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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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli–Lebanese_conflict
“Hundreds gathered in Beirut’s southern suburbs for the funeral of three Lebanese journalists, Ali Shoeib, Fatima Ftouni and her cameraman brother Mohammed. All were killed in an Israeli strike on Jezzine in southern Lebanon on Saturday.”
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Wikipedia evidence references 1982 Lebanon War, Jezzine municipality, and South Lebanon Army but does not mention funerals for journalists. No direct confirmation of the described funeral event.
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— The 1982 Lebanon War, also called the Second Israeli invasion of Lebanon, began on 6 June 1982, when Israel invaded southern Lebanon. The invasion followed a series of attacks and counter-attacks betw…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Lebanon_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Lebanon_War
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— Jezzine (Arabic: جزين Jizzīn) is a municipality in Lebanon, located 22 km (14 mi) from Sidon and 40 km (25 mi) south of Beirut. It is the capital of Jezzine District. Surrounded by mountain peaks, pi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jezzine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jezzine
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— The South Lebanon Army or South Lebanese Army (SLA; Arabic: جيش لبنان الجنوبي, Jayš Lubnān al-Janūbiyy), also known as the Lahad Army (جيش لحد) or as the De Facto Forces (DFF), was a militia founded b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Lebanon_Army
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Lebanon_Army
“Lebanese authorities have condemned the attack as a war crime”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or web search results to confirm or refute Lebanese authorities condemning the strike as a war crime.
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