TV presenter killed in Israeli strike in southern Lebanon: Hezbollah

A Lebanese curate condemns the latest Israeli sidesplitting and calls connected the planetary assemblage to ‘take action’.

A tv presenter who worked for Lebanon’s Al-Manar TV presumption has been killed successful an Israeli onslaught connected the confederate Lebanese metropolis of Tyre, according to the Lebanese equipped radical Hezbollah.

The sidesplitting connected Monday of presenter Ali Nour al-Din, who worked for the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar, portends “the information of Israel’s extended escalations [in Lebanon] to see the media community”, Hezbollah said successful a statement.

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Al-Manar TV confirmed that the onslaught successful Tyre killed al-Din, “who antecedently worked astatine Al-Manar transmission arsenic a presenter of spiritual programmes”.

Al-Din besides served arsenic the main preacher successful Al-Hawsh, successful the suburbs of Tyre, Hezbollah said, calling his sidesplitting a “treacherous assassination”.

Lebanese Minister of Information Paul Morcos condemned the Israeli strike, saying connected societal media that such attacks were “sparing neither journalistic nor media crews”.

“We state our solidarity and condolences to the media family, and telephone connected the planetary assemblage to afloat presume its responsibilities and instrumentality urgent enactment to enactment an extremity to these violations and guarantee the extortion of media professionals successful Lebanon,” the curate said.

Prior to al-Din’s sidesplitting connected Monday, astatine slightest six Lebanese journalists had been killed successful Israeli attacks connected Lebanon since 2023, according to a tally by the Committee to Protect Journalists. Other monitors enactment the decease toll of Lebanese journalists astatine 10.

Earlier connected Monday, Lebanon’s Ministry of Health said successful a connection that 1 idiosyncratic was killed successful an Israeli aerial onslaught successful Tyre, though it did not instantly denote the sanction of the victim. The ministry added that a abstracted Israeli onslaught killed 2 different radical successful Kfar Rumman adjacent the metropolis of Nabatieh.

The Israeli subject aboriginal admitted to the sidesplitting of al-Din, whom it referred to arsenic a Hezbollah member, and said it struck 2 different radical successful the Nabatieh areas of confederate Lebanon.

Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a US-brokered ceasefire successful 2024 to extremity much than a twelvemonth of fighting, which saw Israel transportation retired aerial strikes crossed Lebanon that severely weakened the equipped group.

Despite the ceasefire, Israel has kept up regular attacks connected targets successful Lebanon and has maintained troops successful 5 locations successful confederate Lebanon.

Since the ceasefire, Israeli strikes person killed much than 350 radical successful Lebanon, according to the AFP quality agency, portion Lebanese authorities person been facing increasing unit from the United States and Israel to disarm Hezbollah.

On Monday, Hezbollah called connected supporters to stitchery successful its strongholds crossed Lebanon to explicit enactment for its state Iran, which the radical said was facing “American-Zionist sabotage and threats”.

The telephone came arsenic a US craft bearer onslaught radical arrived successful the Middle East and US President Donald Trump continued to threaten Tehran with an attack.

In a televised code to supporters, Hezbollah main Naim Qassem warned that immoderate onslaught connected Tehran would besides beryllium an onslaught connected Hezbollah, adding that immoderate caller warfare connected Iran would ignite the region.

Qassem besides warned against immoderate effort to assassinate Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, adding that Hezbollah considered specified a menace “directed astatine america arsenic well”.

Tehran has warned the US that an onslaught would beryllium met with a “regret-inducing response” that could impact the full Middle East region.