The Israeli military confirms killing Hezbollah-affiliated journalist Ali Shoeib in an airstrike in southern Lebanon, saying he was targeted for being a member of the terror group's elite Radwan Force. According to the IDF, Shoeib was an operative in the Radwan Force's intelligence unit while also working as a journalist for the Hezbollah-linked Al-Manar TV channel. The IDF says Shoeib "served as a terrorist in the Hezbollah terror organization under the guise of a journalist for the Al-Manar network, while consistently working to expose the locations of IDF troops operating in southern Lebanon and along the border, and maintained continuous contact with other terrorists in the Radwan Force unit in particular and within the terror organization in general." During the ongoing war with Iran, Shoeib "continued his activities and reported on the locations of IDF troops operating in southern Lebanon," the IDF says. The military says Shoeib also "engaged in incitement against IDF troops and Israeli civilians, using his position as a channel to disseminate Hezbollah propaganda materials." The strike targeting a car in the southern town of Jezzine also killed Fatima Ftouni, a reporter with the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Mayadeen channel, the network reported.
