Lebanese journalist Ghada Dayekh, a presenter and reporter at the privately owned Sawt Al-Farah radio station, was killed on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, when an Israeli strike hit her apartment building, completely destroying it, according to the station’s director, Alwan Sharafeddine, who spoke to CPJ. He added that Dayekh had worked with Sawt Al-Farah since its launch in the 1980s and had been on air for 37 years.

On March 3, 2026, Sawt Al-Farah’s headquarters was hit in an airstrike, alongside two other media facilities within a 24 hour period.