An Iranian PRESS TV correspondent, Hadi Huteit, was wounded in an Israeli airstrike in the village of Tebnit in southern Lebanon on Monday afternoon, according to Lebanese reports. Huteit sustained a leg injury and was evacuated for treatment.
A correspondent for Iran's PRESS TV, Hadi Huteit, was wounded in an Israeli airstrike on the village of Tebnit, southern Lebanon, on Monday afternoon (around 17:25 Jerusalem). The strike also killed the vehicle's driver, according to Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) later that afternoon. Huteit sustained a leg injury and was evacuated for treatment. This development was confirmed in an Israeli security source's statement that the strike was an 'immediate threat removal' targeting a vehicle moving very close to IDF troops in the area.
By earlier Monday afternoon (17:25 Jerusalem), initial reports from Hezbollah-affiliated sources said at least one operative was killed in the strike, while the first bulletin from The Zioneer noted only an Iranian journalist wounded, with no Israeli comment. By 17:25, the IDF confirmed the strike, identifying it as a threat removal, while NNA reported the driver's death and Huteit's injury, establishing the target's identity as a vehicle. The thread shows a progression from an unconfirmed report of a journalist wounded to the IDF confirming a strike on a vehicle and the death of the driver.
The strike in Tebnit is the first known Israeli attack in southern Lebanon since the US-Iran agreement was signed, as reported by The Zioneer at 17:45 Jerusalem. The Zioneer has previously reported on IDF operations against Hezbollah assets in villages such as Tebnit, Majdal Salam, and Arab Salim, as well as an attack in Tafahata (23:20 Jerusalem on Sunday). These incidents fit the broader pattern of cross-border strikes the desk has tracked.
It remains unverified whether Huteit was specifically targeted as a journalist or was merely present near a Hezbollah operative. The affiliation of the driver and the precise target selection criteria have not been officially confirmed beyond the IDF statement of an immediate threat removal.
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