INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL, March 28, 2026 (EFE).– The Lebanese president, Joseph Aoun“strongly” condemned today Saturday a war crime: he murder of two journalists y a cameraman in a Israeli air strike against their car on the highway Jezzinetown in the south of Lebanon a 40 km distance Beirut.
Flagrant war crime
It’s a flagrant crime that violates all the norms and treaties that guarantee journalists international protection in the armed conflicts“, stated the leader in a message on the account Lebanese Presidency in X.
“We strongly condemn this attack and we ask all international bodies to act to put an end to what is happening in our territory,” he denounced.
“Likewise, we reiterate our condolences to the families of the victims and to the entire journalistic and media sector in the country.” Lebanon“, he expressed Aoun.
He Lebanese leader insisted that the assault violates international norms and treaties, such as Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the UN Security Council resolution 1738 in 2006which prohibits attacking journalists and media workers “as long as they do not participate directly in the hostilities”.
The President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, condemned Israel’s targeting of media figures Ali Shuaib, Fatima Fattouni and Mohamed Fattouni before noon today on the Jezzine road, and said:
“Once again, the Israeli aggression violates the most basic rules of international laws, international humanitarian law, and the laws of war, by targeting press reporters, who in the end…
— Lebanese Presidency (@LBpresidency) March 28, 2026
Lebanon will denounce war crime to the UN
For his part, the Minister of Information, Paul Morcosannounced that his ministry and that of Foreign Affairs are already preparing a complaint about the attack to submit it to the UN Security Council.
“Lebanon does not consider that attack journalists “It’s something normal, we won’t even accept it,” he said. Morcos on your official X account.
In it israeli airstrike against the car from which the three journalists reported on the war Israel–Hezbollah on the highway south of Lebanon They died today Saturday Ali Shaibreporter for Hezbollah-affiliated Al Manar television, and Fatima Fatounicorrespondent for the Al Mayadeen channel, as well as his cameraman and brother, Mohamed Fatouniaccording to information from these media.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have announced the elimination of Ali Hassan Shaib in southern Lebanon earlier today in a strike. According to the IDF, Shaib was a member of Hezbollah’s ‘Radwan Force’ intelligence unit while working as a journalist for the Hezbollah-linked… pic.twitter.com/6KPV3rEtvQ
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 28, 2026
The father of two murdered journalists
“This bloodshed will inevitably lead to victory. The Israeli enemy attacks civilians, the media, truth and sincerity. We are proud that our daughter be one media martyr and we are proud our martyr sonthe photographer,” he stated the father of the Fatouni during the youth wake in statements collected by locals.
The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas He also condemned the attack and said that it is “a continuation of the criminal policy” of the Israeli government that began in Gaza and a sample of their “impunity.”
The Al Mayadeen channel defended the work of Fatima Fatouniwhom he described as a reporter “recognized for providing accurate and objective coverage.”
Furthermore, he highlighted the coverage of Fatima Fatouni about the clashes between the resistance and the Army Israeli”.
The Lebanese media reported that in October 2024, the Israeli army had attacked the houses of journalists in Hasbaya, southern Lebanon, killing three peopleamong them two photographers of Al Mayadeen and Al Manar.
Israel’s version of the murder of journalists
Following today’s deadly attack, the Israeli Army assured that Ali Shaib belonged to the intelligence of the elite Radwan Force of Hezbollah “under the guise of a journalist from the Al Manar network”, an accusation that he repeats in his attacks against journalists in Gazawhom he accuses, without providing evidence, of collaborating with Hamas.
🔴REDACTED: For years, Ali Hassan Shaib operated as a terrorist for Hezbollah’s Radwan Force under the guise of a journalist.
It turns out that the “press vest” was just a cover for terrorism. pic.twitter.com/kC4icGjkua
— FDI (@FDIonline) March 28, 2026
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