A crowd in Choueifate, south of Beirut, on March 29, during the funerals of Ali Choeib and Fatima Ftouni, journalists at Al-Manar and Al-Mayadeen, and the latter's brother, videographer Mohammad Ftouni, who were killed the previous day by an Israeli strike on their vehicle in Jezzine, southern Lebanon. Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour
SOUTH LEBANON — The list of journalists killed by Israel in Lebanon keeps growing. Since war broke out in October 2023, Israel has killed a total 21 journalists and media workers with eight journalists targeted and killed since this new round of escalation began on March 2, against the backdrop of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
The latest name on the list is journalist Amal Khalil, deliberately targeted and killed on Wednesday in an Israeli air strike on a house in Tiri (Bint Jbeil), where she was taking refuge after another strike targeted a car in her vicinity. News of her death, announced shortly before midnight after a long and grueling search at the site of the strike, moved the nation and provoked rage at yet another journalist killed.
At a time when many voices are calling for a complaint against Israel for "war crimes," here is a chronological look at these attacks in which Israel has killed reporters, correspondents, and videographers in Lebanon, either in the line of duty or at home, since March 2, 2026, to today.
April 22, 2026: Amal Khalil
The fate of Amal Khalil, trapped in the rubble of a house targeted by the Israeli army in Tiri, Bint Jbeil, kept Lebanon in agonized suspense on Wednesday, until the news of her death dropped like a guillotine. This journalist for the daily al-Akhbar, born in 1983, was a stalwart frontline reporter in her native South, having covered many previous Israeli aggressions on Lebanon with passion and resolve. She was known by colleagues and readers alike as "the voice of the South."
She came to Tiri to cover the ongoing fighting at the front between Hezbollah and the Israeli army, despite the ten-day truce that took effect a week ago. The journalist sought refuge with her colleague Zeinab Faraj in the nearest house after the car driving in front of her was hit by Israeli fire. But the house itself was then targeted. The Red Cross managed to get Zeinab out of the rubble alive, but had to retreat under Israeli fire. Several hours later, Amal’s body was removed lifeless from the ruins of her shelter.
April 8, 2026: Ghada Dayekh and Suzanne Khalil
Since the destruction of her radio station in Tyre at the beginning of the conflict in March, Ghada Dayekh, in her 60s, had gotten into the habit of working from home. On April 8, the day after the ceasefire in Iran, the Israeli air force carried out its most intense and deadly strikes on many Lebanese regions, destroying dozens of buildings and killing more than 350 people in just ten minutes. Ghada Dayekh was one of those killed. The voice of Sawt el-Farah, who had covered cultural and social activities for 38 years, died under the rubble of her apartment building in Sour.
A journalist for al-Manar TV, Suzanne Khalil was also killed during this "Black Wednesday," in Kayfoun, in the Aley district (Mount Lebanon). She was a presenter and producer of programs, specializing in social and humanitarian issues. According to al-Manar, she often covered topics related to Hezbollah fighters and the families of those who were killed. She also produced educational programs for Hezbollah’s radio station, al-Nour.
March 28, 2026: Ali Choeib, Fatima Ftouni and her brother Mohammad
An Israeli drone strike directly targeted, in the Jezzine region, the car that the three journalists were in that day: Ali Choeib, one of al-Manar’s most senior war correspondents; Fatima Ftouni, in her thirties, journalist for al-Mayadeen; and Mohammad, her cameraman brother. They were killed instantly. The Israeli army clearly claimed responsibility for killing the journalists, accusing them (notably in the case of Ali and Mohammad) of being operational within Hezbollah.
March 25, 2026: Hussein Hammoud
Another of al-Manar’s journalists, Hussein Hammoud, died in an Israeli airstrike a few days earlier, in the city of Nabatieh. The photojournalist was killed along with two members of his team. Before his own death, Ali Choeib had announced his colleague’s death on his X account, saying that Hussein Hammoud “fell as a martyr while carrying out his professional and patriotic duty, a martyr dear to our hearts, who joins the procession of those faithfully defending their nation and their people.”
March 18, 2026: Mohammad Cherri
A longtime recognizable face on al-Manar, Mohammad Cherri, 65, was killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted and destroyed his apartment in a residential building in Zoqaq el-Blat, in the heart of Beirut. The journalist was apparently recovering from surgery and was bedridden; his wife was also killed, and their children and grandchildren were wounded, including his son Assar Cherri, an editor for the Aletejah channel affiliated with Iraqi Hezbollah. The targeting of the journalist, during a deadly night in which the Israeli air force carried out four raids on Beirut and killed 10 people, sparked a huge wave of indignation. He had “nothing military about him,” a relative protested.
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