Documenting press freedom and the risks faced by journalists reporting from southern Lebanon.
From 2023 to 2026, CPJ continues to document and investigate attacks on the press in the context of the ongoing conflict, which also involves Lebanon. Lebanese journalists face increasing risks while covering hostilities along the southern border, where clashes and military operations remain intense.
CPJ monitors all reports of journalists killed, injured, detained, or missing, highlighting the growing dangers for media workers in Lebanon. In this context, documenting these cases remains essential to ensure accountability and defend press freedom in the region. The information and texts are sourced from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
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April 22, 2026
On April 22, 2026, Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, a reporter for the local newspaper Al-Akhbar, was murdered in an Israeli airstrike after being trapped for hours in a building she and another journalist, Zeinab Faraj, were sheltering in. Continue
April 8, 2026
On April 8, 2026, Lebanese presenter and reporter Ghada Dayekh, who worked for the local privately-owned Sawt Al-Farah station, was killed in an Israeli air strike on her home in southern Lebanon’s Tyre. Continue
On April 8, 2026, journalist Suzan Khalil, a reporter and presenter for pro-Hezbollah Al-Manar TV and Al-Nour Radio, was killed in an Israeli air strike that targeted a building in the town of Kaifun, in the Mount Lebanon Governorate, about 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Beirut. Continue
March 28, 2026
On March 28, 2026, an Israeli strike targeted a media car near Jezzine, southern Lebanon, murdering journalist Fatima Ftouni of pro-Hezbollah Al-Mayadeen TV, alongside her brother, freelance photojournalist Mohamad Ftouni and journalist Ali Shoaib of Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar TV. Continue
On March 28, 2026, an Israeli strike targeted a media car near Jezzine, southern Lebanon, murdering freelance photojournalist Mohamad Ftouni, alongside his sister journalist Fatima Ftouni of pro-Hezbollah Al-Mayadeen TV, and journalist Ali Shoaib of Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar TV. Continue
On March 28, 2026, an Israeli strike targeted a media car near Jezzine, southern Lebanon, murdering journalist Ali Shoaib of Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar TV alongside journalist Fatima Ftouni of pro-Hezbollah Al-Mayadeen TV, and her brother, freelance photojournalist Mohamad Ftouni. Continue
March 25, 2026
On March 25, 2026, freelance photojournalist Hussain Hamood, who collaborates with the pro-Iran Lebanese broadcaster Al-Manar TV, was killed in an Israeli strike while filming in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh, sources close to the journalist confirmed to CPJ. Continue
March 18, 2026
Mohamed Sherri, a journalist with Hezbollah-affiliated broadcaster Al-Manar TV, was killed in an Israeli strike on a residential building he lived in with his family in the central Beirut neighborhood of Zuqaq al-Blat on the morning of March 18, 2026. Continue
March 12, 2026
On March 12, 2026, camera and drone operator Mohamad Shehab was killed, alongside his daughter, in an Israeli airstrike that targeted his apartment complex in Aramoun, Aley, near Beirut. Continue
October 25, 2025
Mohammed Reda, a broadcast engineer for Al-Mayadeen, was killed at about 3 a.m. on October 25, 2024, when an Israeli airstrike hit a compound housing 18 journalists from multiple media outlets in south Lebanon’s Hasbaya area, also killing pro-Hezbollah Al-Mayadeen TV’s camera operator Ghassan Najjar, and Hezbollah-owned Al–Manar TV’s camera operator Wissam Kassem. Continue
Wissam Kassem, camera operator for the Hezbollah-owned Al-Manar TV, was killed at around 3 a.m. on October 25, when an Israeli airstrike hit a compound housing 18 journalists from multiple media outlets in Hasbaya, a town in southern Lebanon. The strike also killed pro-Hezbollah Al-Mayadeen TV’s camera operator Ghassan Najjar and broadcast engineer Mohammed Reda. Continue
Ghassan Najjar, a camera operator for the pro-Hezbollah Al-Mayadeen TV, was killed at around 3 a.m. on October 25, when an Israeli airstrike hit a compound housing 18 journalists from multiple media outlets in Hasbaya, a town in southern Lebanon. The strike also killed Al-Mayadeen broadcast engineer Mohammed Reda and Hezbollah-owned Al-Manar TV’s camera operator Wissam Kassem. Continue
November 1, 2023
Rabih Al Maamari, a Lebanese camera operator for Lebanon’s Hezbollah-affiliated broadcaster Al-Mayadeen TV, was killed by an Israeli strike on Tayr Harfa, south Lebanon, on November 21, 2023, according to Al-Mayadeen, the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes, and multiple news reports. The strike also killed his colleague, correspondent Farah Omar. Continue
Farah Omar, a Lebanese correspondent of the Beirut-based, Hezbollah-affiliated broadcaster Al-Mayadeen TV, was killed by an Israeli strike on Tayr Harfa, south Lebanon, on November 21, 2023, according to Al-Mayadeen, the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes, and multiple news reports. The strike also killed her colleague, camera operator Rabih Al Maamari. Continue
October 13, 2023
Video journalist Issam Abdallah died near the southern Lebanese village of Alma Al-Shaab at 6.02 p.m. on October 13, 2023, when two shells fired from Israel killed him and injured six other journalists as they were covering cross-border fire between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group. Independent investigations by international news organizations and rights groups found evidence indicating that Israeli forces targeted the reporters – a possible war crime under international law. Continue
