An Israeli strike earlier today killed at least three journalists as they slept in a guesthouse in Hasbaya in southern Lebanon, Reuters quoted Lebanese media as reporting.

Those killed included cameraman Ghassan Najjar and engineer Mohamed Reda who worked for news outlet Al-Mayadeen and one cameraman who worked for Hezbollah’s Al-Manar, Al-Mayadeen reported.

Reporters at the scene said the bungalow where the men were sleeping was directly targeted.

“The occupation’s targeting of the journalists’ residence was deliberate, and there are injured journalists from other Arab channels,” Ghassan bin Jiddo, the director of Al-Mayadeen, said on the channel’s X account.

“We hold the occupation fully responsible for this war crime, in which journalist crews, including the Al-Mayadeen team, were targeted.”

There was no immediate comment from Israel. The killings come 24 hours after an Israeli strike hit an office used by Al-Mayadeen in Beirut’s southern suburbs.