{"id":84061,"date":"2026-03-29T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/hundreds-in-beirut-mourn-journalists-killed-in-israeli-strike\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T15:20:00","slug":"hundreds-in-beirut-mourn-journalists-killed-in-israeli-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=84061","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds in Beirut mourn journalists killed in Israeli strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"sc-1a18e57c-0 diouKf\">The BBC&#8217;s Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega reports from the funerals of three journalists killed by a targeted attack by Israel in southern Lebanon on Saturday 28 March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1a18e57c-0 diouKf\">Ali Shoeib, a reporter for the Hezbollah-affiliated Al Manar TV station, was killed in the town of Jezzine alongside reporter Fatima Ftouni and her brother, cameraman Mohamed Ftouni, both from the channel Al Mayadeen, according to the stations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1a18e57c-0 diouKf\">The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed it had killed Shoeib, describing him as a &#8220;terrorist&#8221;, but provided no evidence to support the claim that he played a military role in the organisation. 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