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Middle East crisis live: media workers reportedly killed in Israeli airstrike; Blinken to meet Lebanese PM

Middle East crisis live: media workers reportedly killed in Israeli airstrike; Blinken to meet Lebanese PM



Three people who worked for pro-Iran Al Mayadeen and Hezbollah-owned Al Manar, were directly targeted, according to Lebanese mediaLebanon’s information minister, Ziad Makary, has described the Israeli attack – that reportedly killed at least three journalists as they slept in guesthouses used by media in Hasbaya, southern Lebanon – as a “war crime”.In a post on X, he wrote:The Israeli enemy waited for the journalists’ nighttime break to betray them in their sleep… This is an assassination, after monitoring and tracking, with prior planning and design, as there were 18 journalists there representing seven media institutions. This is a war crime. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/oct/25/israel-lebanon-gaza-hamas-hezbollah-middle-east-latest

Author : Yohannes Lowe

Publish date : 2024-10-25 07:16:08

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