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Journalist Fadi Bouadia was injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike during a live broadcast occurring in ِBeqaa on 23 September 2024.
A video showing the incident has been widely shared on social media. Bouadia is speaking to the camera before being hit; he can then be heard screaming.
The editor-in-chief of the news outlet “Maraya International News”, Bouadia was said to have been “moderately injured” by glass fragments from a nearby window. Other sources described his injuries as “minor”. He had been broadcasting as part of the “Ink Politics” programme on “Ei News,” according to Twitter/X user @SK_Eyes.
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Reports of the incident mention the province/governorate of (البقاع), for which the generic coordinates are: 33.833275, 35.900123. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.