Lebanese Journalist Hit by Israeli Bomb During Live Broadcast

Lebanese journalist Fadi Boudia was hit by an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) bomb on Monday while conducting a live broadcast in Baalbek, Lebanon.

Mere seconds after Boudia could be seen setting up his camera for the broadcast, a bomb was caught on film detonating outside his window, spraying glass into his head as Boudia screamed.

The incident went viral on social media and was confirmed by the Jerusalem Post, which reported that Boudia was broadcasting from his home when the bomb detonated.

Nearly 500 people were killed and another 1,600 wounded after Israel launched several strikes in Lebanon on Monday.

While the IDF claimed its strikes were aimed solely at “terrorist targets,” 35 children and 58 women were among those killed in the bombing campaign, according to the Lebanese health ministry.

At least 116 journalists and media workers have been killed since the beginning of Israel’s war in Gaza last year, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Just days after the war began on October 7, 2023, a Reuters journalist was killed by an Israeli bomb in southern Lebanon.