France, April 16 -- Three Lebanese journalists, including Ali Shoeib - a prominent correspondent for the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar channel - were killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon on 28 March.

The Israeli military claimed responsibility for Shoeib's killing, saying he "operated within the Hezbollah terrorist organisation under the guise of a journalist".

It provided no evidence to support the allegation, but posted an image on X of Shoeib wearing a press vest which is partially overlayed with a photoshopped version of the same picture in which he is wearing a Hezbollah uniform.

It captioned the image: "Turns out the 'press vest' was just a cover for terror."

A day later, military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani po...