Lebanon condemns ‘blatant war crime’ after Israel kills three journalists

Israeli military says primary target, killed in a missile strike far from the frontlines, was a Hezbollah ‘terrorist’

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Israel killed three journalists in south Lebanon on Saturday, their TV channels and authorities said, prompting condemnation from the Lebanese government who called the killings a “blatant war crime”.

Ali Shoeib, from the Hezbollah-owned al-Manar television station, Fatima Ftouni and her brother and cameraman Mohammed Ftouni from the pro-Hezbollah outlet al-Mayadeen, were killed in the strike targeting their car.