An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, killed two journalists reporting for the Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen TV on the violence along the border with Israel, according to Lebanese officials and the TV station.
The Pan-Arab Al-Mayadeen TV identified the journalists who were killed while reporting in the town of Tair Harfa as correspondent Farah Omar and cameraman Rabih Maamari. It said they were “martyred by treacherous Israeli targeting,” adding it was an airstrike.
The strike that hit the journalists also killed a Lebanese civilian, Hussein Akil, said the station and Lebanon’s state media.