Mourners gathered in Lebanon’s Choueifat on Sunday (March 29) to bid farewell to three Lebanese journalists killed in Israeli airstrike the day before.

On Saturday (March 28), Israeli forces killed three Lebanese journalists in southern Lebanon in an airstrike that Israel's military said had targeted one of the reporters, with a follow‑up strike on the rescue workers sent to assist them also causing fatalities.

Lebanese television news channel Al Manar said its reporter Ali Shaib and reporter Fatima Ftouni, from Lebanese pan-Arab broadcaster Al Mayadeen, were killed when their vehicle was hit. Lebanon's information minister, Paul Morcos, later said Ftouni's brother, Mohammed, a cameraman, had also been killed.

Israel's military said in a statement it had killed Shaib, whom it called a "terrorist," in a targeted strike, accusing him of being part of a Hezbollah intelligence unit, and said he had reported on locations of Israeli soldiers in Lebanon.

Saturday's strike is the first time Israel has acknowledged killing a journalist in Lebanon.

At least three other reporters in Lebanon, Iran and Gaza have been killed in Israeli or joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes since the Iran war began on February 28, CPJ said on Thursday. The U.S. military did not immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did the Israeli military.

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CHOUEIFAT, LEBANON (MARCH 29, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all)

1. MOURNERS CARRYING BODY AND PHOTOS OF LEBANESE TV NEWS CHANNEL AL MANAR REPORTER, ALI SHAIB, KILLED IN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE

2. MOURNERS CARRYING BODY AND A PHOTO OF LEBANESE PAN-ARAB BROADCASTER AL MAYADEEN REPORTER, FATIMA FTOUNI, KILLED IN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE

3. VARIOUS OF MOURNERS GATHERING AROUND BODIES OF JOURNALISTS KILLED / MOURNERS CRYING OVER THE BODIES

4. PRAYERS OVER BODIES OF THREE JOURNALISTS / PEOPLE GATHERING

5. PEOPLE CRYING OVER BODIES

6. VARIOUS OF MOURNERS CARRYING JOURNALISTS BODIES AND WALKING IN FUNERAL

7. WOMEN SITTING AT BURIAL SITE