18 March 2026 | CPJ
Mohamed Sherri killed in Beirut
Missile strike
Mohamed Sherri, a journalist with Hezbollah-affiliated broadcaster Al-Manar TV, was killed in an Israeli strike on a residential building he lived in with his family in the central Beirut neighborhood of Zuqaq al-Blat on the morning of March 18, 2026.
Al-Manar TV confirmed the killing of Sherri, the head of political programming, and his wife in a statement, saying that he was among the channel’s most prominent journalists.
The strike comes amid a renewed Israeli offensive in Lebanon against armed group Hezbollah that kicked off in early March as tensions in the Iran war spread across the region.
In response to a request for comment, a spokesperson for the Israeli Defense Forces’ situation room told CPJ by phone that the incident is under investigation.
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