Maya Saad

Freelance video journalist and producer @MiddleEastEye

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

Israeli strikes that killed Reuters video journalist Issam Abdallah and injured six other journalists cannot be dismissed as a “mistake.” Why did Israeli forces attack a clearly identifiable group of journalists in southern Lebanon. https://t.co/3vOKPLRKBv

[Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD]

The “uninvolved civilian” they shot at was a SEVEN MONTH OLD BABY.

His name was Sam Fahd Abou Haikal.

[Focus @FocusMedia_Fr]

🇫🇷🏛️ FLASH INFO — L’excellente journaliste @dalalmawad a mis le Quai d’Orsay dans l’embarras en posant trois questions particulièrement pertinentes :

• Pourquoi le cinéaste palestinien invité au Festival de Cannes n’a-t-il pas obtenu de visa ?

• Où en sont les sanctions françaises contre le commerce avec les colonies israéliennes illégales en Cisjordanie?

• Pourquoi la France, ne condamne pas les viols et violences sexuelles sur des Palestiniens (hommes, femmes et enfants) décrits dans l’article du New York Times ?

[Arthur Sarradin | آرثر سري الدين @ArthurSarradin]

2. Ensuite,

Voici une carte détaillée des bâtiments mentionnés.

En bleu : le dispensaire (reconnaissable à ses rangées de panneaux solaires)

En violet : le convant en question qui a été visé par les bulldozers israéliens

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

@ZackPolanski It was a disgraceful interview. Quite astonishing rudeness from
@TrevorPTweets.

[Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom]

There must be an urgent international investigation into Israel’s murder of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, including its obstruction of medical crews’ access in time to save her life.

“If this obstruction did not happen, we might have Amal alive today. But because of the obstruction, she is killed today,” @CPJMENA Regional Director Sara Qudah told @democracynow. Watch⤵️

[Hamza Yusuf @Hamza_a96]

I urge everyone to watch this report by Channel 4 News about Israel’s killing of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil.

“Under international humanitarian law, journalists are afforded the same protection as civilians… If that journalist has a particular sympathy with a particular cause, that doesn’t mean that protection is removed…

… the IDF said the incident is under review. Don’t hold your breath…”

Providing the necessary context and not taking Israel’s claims at face value.

This is how every journalist should be reporting.

[Legal Agenda @Legal_Agenda]

False Israeli claims about the presence of weapons in a school in South Lebanon

On 16 April 2026, the Israeli army spokesperson published an image claiming it was from a “school in South Lebanon" showing a number of weapons, most of which appear to be hunting rifles. She claimed that more than 130 weapons belonging to Hezbollah were found inside the school, only hours after a video circulated documenting the Israeli army’s demolition of the Public Secondary School in Marwahin in South Lebanon.

- However, a Lebanese judicial source confirmed to The Legal Agenda that this image does not originate from a school, but from a courtroom in the Bint Jbeil courthouse, and that the weapons shown are judicially seized items held in official custody, a fact also confirmed by lawyers who regularly attend the court.

- The source further clarified that the weapons bear labels indicating the names of defendants and case numbers, which are visible in the image alongside the courtroom seating.

- An initial review of the video documenting the school’s destruction shows no military activity in its vicinity. The nature of the explosion further indicates a controlled demolition using planted explosives, suggesting prior control of the site by Israeli forces and undermining any claim of military necessity.

- These elements refute the claim that the school was being used for military purposes and reveal an attempt to justify the targeting of an educational civilian facility through misleading information.

- Given its nature and function, the destruction of a school raises serious concerns of violations of the principle of distinction between military objectives and civilian objects, particularly in the absence of any evidence of its use in hostilities, and in the absence of any demonstrated military necessity.

- The demolition of Marwahin Public Secondary School constitutes a grave violation of international humanitarian law and indicates the perpetration of a war crime.

For further analysis, read the full article: https://t.co/a0X6Jdzhyn

[Dalal Mawadدلال معوض @dalalmawad]

Death toll now at 303 killed by Israel . Just imagine a reversed scenario and imagine what the reactions would have been. But our souls have no value. We are just collateral damage.

[Ali Hashem علي هاشم @Alihashem]

Yeah, and the Pakistani PM @CMShehbaz “thought” too, almost everyone thought, but it was an illusion.

[Richard Sanders @PulaRJS]

Israel has behaved with absolute barbarity today.

This is item 4 on BBC Radio 4 News - "In Lebanon there has been no let up in the fighting"

As so often - @BBCNews must ask itself how it would have reported this if the victims were Israeli.

Deeply ingrained racism.

[Michael Young @BeirutCalling]

I have a very very strong suspicion that the Israelis committed this latest atrocity in Lebanon to push the Iranians to withdraw from the ceasefire agreement, knowing full well that the ambiguity over whether Lebanon is included poses a problem for Iran. News just now that the IRGC has threatened to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed if Lebanon is not included. Israel is trying to torpedo the agreement, and on Sunday Netanyahu tried to talk Trump out of it, according to Israeli media.

[Will Christou @will_christou]

The death toll in Lebanon has officially surpassed the 2006 war —

Israeli strikes have killed 1,345 people.

1 in 5 of those killed are women, children and medics.

[Arthur Sarradin | آرثر سري الدين @ArthurSarradin]

🔍🇱🇧 PROPAGANDE | Au Liban l’armée libanaise quitte les localités chrétiennes du sud (Rmeich, Ain Ebel et Baraachit)

Pour préparer l’invasion du Sud (et donc aussi des villages chrétiens) l’armée israélienne accuse le Hezbollah d’utiliser ces villages

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[Sky News @SkyNews]

More than 40 emergency workers have been killed in Lebanon in the past three weeks by Israeli strikes, while medical infrastructure has also been put out of action.

Our special correspondent @AlexCrawfordSky has been reporting from southern Lebanon

[Oliver Marsden @OliverGMarsden]

@EylonALevy Why don’t you say that to the Lebanese families of @Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and @AFP journalist Christina Assi

[The Grayzone @TheGrayzoneNews]

Who’s behind the mysterious ‘Iran-backed terror cell’ haunting Europe?

The previously unknown "Ashab al-Yamin" claimed credit for a series of attacks that happen to serve Israeli objectives

A closer look at the group raises questions about its origins
https://t.co/lfUnA5qOtu

[Dalal Mawadدلال معوض @dalalmawad]

When an Israeli newspaper promotes “ethnic cleansing” and no one is outraged

[Simona Foltyn @SimonaFoltyn]

This is unacceptable, and a dangerous precedent. The IDF justifies the killing of Al Manar journalist Ali Shaib by claiming he was part of Hezbollah’s Radwan forces. I saw Ali several times while reporting in the south. He carried no weapon, apart from a microphone, which seems to be the problem for the IDF. Among the “crimes” he apparently committed was to report on IDF advances in Lebanon. #journalismisnotacrime

[Secunder Kermani @SecKermani]

"Bury me along with your two eyes, my love"

Our report on some of the latest devastating Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon - and the children being killed

Many of the tactics, look to be a repeat of the awful patterns seen in Gaza, just today:

Israel has killed 5 paramedics in a single attack (more in others) and 3 Lebanese journalists

With @EP_Lawrence