Breaking: 3 TV Staffers Killed in Israeli Strike on Journalist Compound in Hasbaya

An Israeli airstrike targeting a compound in southeast Lebanon, where journalists were stationed, led to the deaths of three media workers, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency on Friday.

Footage from local news channel Al-Jadeed showed buildings reduced to rubble and dust-covered vehicles marked “PRESS.” Reports indicate that the Israeli army did not issue a warning before the airstrike, which struck a cluster of chalets rented by various media organizations.

The pan-Arab channel Al-Mayadeen, based in Beirut, confirmed that two of its journalists, Ghassan Najjar and Mohammad Reda, were killed in the attack early Friday. Al-Manar TV also reported the death of its cameraman, Wissam Qassem. The strike occurred in Hasbaya, an area that had largely avoided previous clashes along the border.

Since near-daily skirmishes began along the Lebanon-Israel border on October 8, 2023, several journalists have lost their lives.