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Middle East: Lebanon says Israel strike killed 3 journalists

Published October 25, 2024last updated October 25, 2024

The Lebanese government says that an overnight Israeli airstrike killed three journalists while they were sleeping. Top US diplomat Blinken is in London for talks with Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati. DW has more.

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A view of a badly damaged press vehicle at the site of an Israeli strikeImage: Stringer/REUTERS
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What you need to know

  • Lebanon's minister of information brands an attack that killed three journalists as a "war crime"
  • US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in London for talks with the Lebanese prime minister and two Arab foreign ministers
  • Israel says five of its soldiers were killed in action in southern Lebanon

These updates from conflicts in the the Middle East on Friday, October 25, 2024, are now closed. Follow here for more.

Skip next section Israel military says strike that killed journalists in Lebanon 'under review'
October 25, 2024

Israel military says strike that killed journalists in Lebanon 'under review'

The Israeli military told French news agency AFP that a strike that killed three journalists in south Lebanon was "under review."

"Several hours after the strike, reports were received that journalists had been hit during the strike. The incident is under review," the military said in a statement to AFP.

Three journalists were killed in the strike on Friday morning.

It hit a collection of guesthouses housing reporters in the southern Lebanese town of Hasbaya.

Two journalists from the Al-Mayadeen television network and one journalist from Al-Manar were killed in the attack. 

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October 25, 2024

Gaza ministry says Israeli forces raid hospital, detain staff, patients and refugees

The health ministry in Hamas-controlled Gaza  says Israeli forces detained hundreds of staff, patients and displaced people in a raid on the last functioning hospital in the northern part of the territory.

"Israeli forces have stormed and are present inside Kamal Adwan Hospital" in the city of Jabalia, the ministry said in a statement.

"They are detaining hundreds of patients, medical staff and some displaced individuals from neighboring areas who sought refuge in the hospital from continuous bombardment."

World Health Organization chief Tedros Ghebreyesus says contact with the hospital was lost on Friday morning. 

"Since this morning's reports of a raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, we have lost touch with the personnel there," Ghebreyesus said on X.

"This development is deeply disturbing, given the number of patients being served and people sheltering there."

The Israeli army confirmed that troops were operating in the hospital area. It said they were accompanied by agents of the Shin Bet domestic security service.

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Skip next section UN peacekeepers say Israel fired at Lebanon observation post
October 25, 2024

UN peacekeepers say Israel fired at Lebanon observation post

United Nations peacekeepers said Friday that Israeli troops fired at one of their observation posts in south Lebanon this week, adding that the security situation was "extremely challenging" amid attacks.

"IDF (Israeli army) soldiers fired at" an observation post near the border village of Dhayra on Tuesday, a statement from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said on Friday, adding "the duty guards withdrew to avoid being shot."

The peacekeepers have subsequently withdrawn from the observation post in south Lebanon.

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Skip next section Israel army confirms strike on Syria-Lebanon border crossing
October 25, 2024

Israel army confirms strike on Syria-Lebanon border crossing

An Israeli air attack has hit a Syrian military intelligence post at a crossing on Syria's border with Lebanon.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimated the death toll to be three.

The strike targeted the post at the Jousieh border crossing linking the al-Qusayr countryside in Syria with Lebanon, also putting the crossing completely out of service, according to the British-based watchdog, which added that Israel was continuing its attacks on the border in an attempt to cut off the supply routes of the Iranian-allied Lebanese Hezbollah movement. 

The Israeli military said it had struck overnight Hezbollah infrastructure sites in the Jousieh crossing and accused the militia of exploiting the border facility, controlled by Syrian government forces, to transfer weapons to attack Israel.

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Skip next section Israel says five soldiers killed in south Lebanon
October 25, 2024

Israel says five soldiers killed in south Lebanon

The Israeli military says five of its soldiers have been killed and two others seriously wounded in fighting in southern Lebanon.

The troops "fell during combat in southern Lebanon" the previous day, the army said in a statement on Friday.

It brings the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in Lebanon since the start of the ground operation at the end of September to 32.

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Skip next section Blinken to meet Lebanese PM Mikati in London
October 25, 2024

Blinken to meet Lebanese PM Mikati in London

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to meet Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati in London as Washington appeals to Israel to keep its military campaign against Hezbollah short.

Blinken arrived late Thursday in the British capital after a three-nation tour of the Middle East.

On the trip, he pleaded to protect Lebanese civilians but stopped short of calling for an immediate cease-fire by Israel.

The top US diplomat is also due to meet separately with the foreign ministers of Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.

The two are seen as key US partners in a post-war plan for Gaza, the State Department official said.

Mikati was heading to London after a Thursday conference in Paris on aid for Lebanon.

Israel has vowed to cripple Iranian-backed Hezbollah, which is considered a terrorist organization by the US, Germany and several Sunni Arab countries. The EU lists the group's armed wing as a terrorist entity.

Hezbollah has launched missiles at Israel in solidarity with Hamas since the Palestinian militants' October 7 terror attack last year, which triggered Israel's military assault in Gaza.

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Skip next section Lebanon says 3 journalists killed in Israeli airstrike
October 25, 2024

Lebanon says 3 journalists killed in Israeli airstrike

A person stands at a site damaged in an Israeli strike that killed three journalists and wounded several others
The three journalists were sleeping in guesthouses used by media, Lebanese officials saidImage: Stringer/REUTERS

Lebanon says an Israeli airstrike killed three journalists, in an attack that the Lebanese information minister branded as a "war crime".

Pro-Iran Lebanese television channel Al Mayadeen said a cameraman and broadcast engineer died in the Friday strike, which it said targeted a journalists' residence in Hasbaya, southern Lebanon.

Another outlet, Al-Manar, run by Hezbollah, said one of its video journalists had also been killed in the attack.

"The Israeli enemy waited for the journalists' nighttime break to betray them in their sleep," Information Minister Ziad Makary said in a post on X.

"This is an assassination, after monitoring and tracking, with prior planning and design, as there were 18 journalists there representing seven media institutions. This is a war crime."

Journalists from other media organizations, including the Lebanese broadcaster Al-Jadeed, Sky News Arabic and Al Jazeera English, were also nearby when the overnight strike happened.

Israel has not commented on the strike, which, according to Lebanon's health ministry, wounded three other people.

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