Israeli strike kills three Lebanese journalists

BEIRUT: An Israeli strike on a car in southern Lebanon has killed three Lebanese journalists, Lebanon’s Al Manar TV reported on Saturday.

Al Manar reporter Ali Shaib and reporter Fatima Ftouni, from broadcaster Al Mayadeen, were killed when their vehicle was hit. Lebanon’s information minister later said Ftouni’s brother, cameraman Mohammed Ftouni, had also been killed in the strike.

Al Manar is controlled by the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah and Al Mayadeen is widely seen as editorially aligned with Iran’s allies and supporters in the region.