Lebanese journalist Mohammed Sherri was killed alongside his wife in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Central Beirut on 18 March. Several members of his family were also injured in the attack. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Union of Journalists of Lebanon (UJL), in condemning the attack, denouncing it as a violation of international humanitarian law and calling for accountability. \n<\/p>\n
Prominent journalist, veteran anchor and head of the political programs department at Al-Manar TV, Hajj Mohammad Sherri, was killed alongside his wife when an Israeli strike hit their residential building in the Zuqaq al Blat neighborhood, situated in central Beirut, on the morning of 18 March. Al Manar confirmed<\/a> his death, while describing him as one of its most prominent journalists.\u00a0<\/p>\n Several members of Sherri\u2019s family, including his children and grandchildren, were injured in the attack and transferred to hospitals. His son, Yasser Sherri, an editor at Iraq-based Aletejah TV, was injured during the same strike.\u00a0<\/p>\n On 18 March, multiple attacks were reported<\/a> across Beirut, including in Bashoura, Basta and the city\u2019s southern suburbs. In one of these attacks, RT correspondent Steve Sweeney and his cameraman were injured.<\/a> They were with a group of journalists covering the Israeli bombing of the al Qasmiya bridge, over the Litani River in southern Lebanon. Freelance journalists and photographers Haitham Moussawi and Kount Hajo\u00a0 (Ali Hajo), were also injured while covering Israeli bombing around Abbasiya village near Tyre, Southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n Since the escalation, journalists in Lebanon have faced increasing risks, including injuries, strikes on media outlets, obstruction of reporting and displacement from affected areas.<\/p>\n