An Israeli strike targeted a marked press car in southern Lebanon on Saturday, killing Ali Shoeib of Al-Manar TV, reporter Fatima Ftouni of Al Mayadeen TV, and her brother, freelance cameraman Mohamed Ftouni. Israel’s military said it had targeted Shoeib, accusing him of being a Hezbollah intelligence operative, without providing evidence; Israel made no mention of the two other journalists killed. Protesters gathered in Martyrs’ Square in Beirut on Saturday, holding photos of the journalists killed in the Israeli airstrike.
Omar Al-Rawas: “The important thing we all want to draw attention to is that the Israeli enemy, once they find anyone standing for rights and supporting the oppressed, tries to silence that voice. And the voice of the oppressed cannot be stopped, despite the enemy trying to overpower it or no matter how many killings they carry out.”
Lebanon’s information minister said the government would file a complaint with the U.N. Security Council over what he called Israel’s “deliberate and blatant war crime against the media.” Meanwhile, the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon said a peacekeeper was killed on Sunday when a projectile exploded at one of its positions in southern Lebanon; another peacekeeper was critically injured. On Saturday, the World Health Organization said nine paramedics were killed in five separate Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, bringing the total number of health workers killed by Israel in March to 51. The attacks come as Netanyahu ordered the Israeli military to further expand the security buffer zone in southern Lebanon. The United Nations says that Israeli strikes and evacuation orders in Lebanon have displaced more than 370,000 children. More than 120 children have been killed and nearly 400 have been injured in Israeli attacks this month.










