Israel Is Deliberately Targeting Lebanon’s Journalists
The list of civilians deliberately killed by Israel in Lebanon includes journalists trying to report on the invasion. The Union of Journalists in Lebanon is campaigning for justice while the US works to shield Israel from accountability.
A woman holds up a poster of three journalists killed the previous day by Israeli air strikes, during their funeral ceremony in Choueifat, south of Beirut. (Sally Hayden / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images)
The ongoing Israeli invasion of Lebanon has displaced more than a million people — around one-fifth of the country’s population. Between March 2 and June 19, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported 3,980 deaths resulting from the conflict.
Lebanese journalists have been in the firing line. Since October 2023, Israeli attacks have targeted at least eleven Lebanese journalists: Issam Abdallah, Farah Omar, Rabin Maamari, Wissam Qassem, Ghassan Najjar, Mohammad Rida, Zeinab Faraj, Amal Khalil, Mohamed Sherri, Ali Shoeib, Fatima Ftouni, and Mohamad Ftouni. All but Faraj, who narrowly survived with serious injuries, were killed.
According to a special report from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), 2025 was the deadliest year on record for journalists, largely thanks to Israel’s track record in Palestine and Lebanon:
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