BEIRUT, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Israel killed three journalists in an airstrike on a car carrying four people in Jezzine, southern Lebanon, at noon Saturday, Lebanese officials said. All four passengers died.
The journalists were identified as Al-Manar correspondent Ali Shoaib, Al-Mayadeen reporter Fatima Ftouni, and cameraman Mohammad Ftouni.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned the strike, calling it a blatant violation of international humanitarian law. He said journalists are civilians protected under the Geneva Conventions and UN Security Council Resolution 1738, which prohibit attacks on journalists not directly participating in hostilities.
Aoun urged international bodies to intervene to stop attacks on Lebanese territory and offered condolences to the victims' families and the media community.
The Israeli military said Saturday that Shoaib was a member of Hezbollah's Radwan Force intelligence unit who operated under the guise of a journalist for the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar network. It provided no evidence. Enditem.
