‘I am proud of them’: Lebanese father mourns journalist children killed by Israel

Описание: Speaking at the funeral of his two children, Fatima and Mohammed, Abbas Ftouni says he is “proud of them and of all martyrs”.

Fatima, a correspondent for Al-Mayadeen, and her cameraman and brother Mohammed were killed on Saturday after Israel targeted their car in the south of Lebanon.

Israel said it was targeting Ali Shoaib, a prominent journalist with Hezbollah-linked Al Manar TV, who was in the car with them, claiming without evidence that he was part of a Hezbollah intelligence unit and accusing him of “incitement” against Israeli soldiers and civilians.


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