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💢 NEW: Israel kills leading frontline journalists in targeted strike in southern Lebanon Israel carried out a targeted strike on a vehicle in the southern town of Jezzine, killing Ali Shoeib, correspondent for Al Manar—one of the most prominent and widely followed reporters covering the south—and Fatima Ftouni, reporter for Al Mayadeen, along with her brother, photojournalist Mohammad Ftouni, and Shoeib’s son. Shoeib was widely regarded as the voice of southern Lebanon, with his reporting and Telegram updates relied on for real-time coverage of the war. Ftouni was a prominent on-the-ground correspondent who, just before the war, confronted Lebanon’s prime minister, warning that her family in the south was under constant threat—relatives were killed last month before she herself was assassinated in this strike. The Israeli military claimed responsibility and released footage, with a spokesperson referring to itself as the “Defense Army” while describing the killing as the “elimination” of a “wanted” target—language used for the targeted assassination of three journalists. The killings mark the latest in a growing number of journalists targeted in Israeli campaigns across Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, and Iran. Over 340 have been killed in Israel’s assaults across the region.