NNA - Israeli occupation forces carried out an aerial attack on the place of residence of press crews in Hasbayya, southern Lebanon. As a result of the strike, several journalists, cameramen, and technicians were killed or injured.

Following the deliberate attack on the freedom of the press, Al Mayadeenannounced the martyrdom of two members of its crew covering the Israeli war on Lebanon across the southern front. The martyrs are cameraman, Ghassan Najjar, and broadcast engineer, Mohammad Reda.

Additionally, the Lebanese Civil Defense reported early Friday that three journalists were killed in the Israeli airstrike on the town of Hasbayya in southern Lebanon.

On his part, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Mayadeen Medis Network, Ghassan Ben Jeddou, held the occupation "fully responsible for this war crime in which it targeted the journalists' crews, including Al Mayadeen's."

"The occupation's targeting of the journalists' residence was deliberate, and there are others wounded from other Arab channels as well," he said.

Ben Jeddou said the occupation "finds pleasure in killing," and among those it targets are journalists "who expose its criminality, so it hates them sadistically."

"Al Mayadeen will keep going and shall never retreat," vowed the chairman of the network's board of directors, asserting that the aggression did not target Al Mayadeen exclusively "as it is an aggression against all press crews, including Al Mayadeen."

Meanwhile, Al Mayadeen's correspondent in South Lebanon, Fatima Ftouni, confirmed that the strike targeted a residential area where journalists, cameramen, and technicians from various media outlets were stationed in the region for several weeks.

From the targeted site in Hasbayya in South Lebanon, where destruction has become a familiar sight, she asserted that the Israeli occupation directly targeted several press crews.--Al-Mayadeen

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