Amman, March 26, 2026 — The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for an impartial investigation into the killing of Hussain Hamood, a freelance journalist who worked for the Hezbollah-affiliated broadcaster Al-Manar TV, in an Israeli strike on the southern city of Nabatieh on March 25.
Two sources close to the journalist, who worked as both a photojournalist and a camera operator, confirmed to CPJ that Hamood was filming Israeli attacks when he was killed.
“Lebanese journalist Hussain Hamood has paid the ultimate price for documenting what Israeli strikes are doing to his community,” said CPJ’s Regional Director Sara Qudah. “Israel must immediately end its attacks on the press, uphold its obligations under international law, and be held fully accountable for killing members of the press.”
Lebanon’s Minister of Information Paul Morcos denounced the killing of Hamood and demanded international action against the targeting of journalists in Lebanon.
CPJ has documented the killing of at least three other journalists across the Middle East since the outbreak of the Iran war in late February. Hamood’s death comes a week after the killing of journalist Mohammed Sherri, who also worked for Al-Manar TV, in an Israeli strike in central Beirut.
CPJ emailed the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) International Press Desk for comment on the killing of Hamood but did not receive a response at the time of publication.