Steve Sweeney
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Award-winning, Beirut-based war correspondent/conflict journalist, commentator, filmmaker. Reports from the ground.
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On June 2, 2014 Ukrainian fighter jets carried out airstrikes on the Lugansk Regional State Building killing 8 and wounding at least 28 others. It came just a month after the Trade Union House massacre in Odessa in which at least 48 people were killed. The West likes to forget, but we will remember.
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Today I$rael tried to kill me in a targeted airstrike in southern Lebanon as I was reporting on was the targeting of bridges and the forced displacement of 1 million people, an ethnic cleansing operation on a larger scale than the Nakba I have absolutely no doubt that this was deliberate. Despite claims there were no warnings ahead of the strike and no notifications sent to the Lebanese Army who allowed us to film As we have seen in Gaza they want to silence journalists who document and report their war crimes It is the western powers who provide political and military support for I$rael, arming it to the teeth to carry out genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing here in Lebanon. They are not simply complicit, but active participants and should be held accountable for their actions. But if I$rael thinks today’s strike will silence us and keep us out of the field they are very, very mistaken
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Israel says it is bombing bridges to disrupt Hezbollah supply lines. But on the ground the reality is stark: entire routes into southern Lebanon are being severed — effectively cutting off around 1 million people from their homes. Families who have lived on this land for generations now face the very real risk of permanent displacement, unable to return, rebuild, or even reach what remains of their communities. What is being framed as a military tactic is also reshaping the map of civilian life
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“The miracle of the south” Hezb0llah launches a record 87 operations as Taybeh turns into a “graveyard for the Merkava” with 21 tanks targeted by the Lebanese resistance fighters in a 24 hour period - I$rael’s heaviest tank losses in over 40 years Reporting from Tyre with Ali Rida Sbeity
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The names of the 90 men and boys killed by the nascent I$raeli Defence Force in the October 1948 Houla massacre in southern Lebanon are etched into stone at this memorial. In 2024 it was desecrated, damaged and daubed with the words “the only good Shiite is a dead Shiite”. Houla is once again on the frontline. One of the many towns and villages razed to the ground by I$rael under the so-called Gaza model. This is about dehumanising the very people the land belongs to, as I$rael stands accused of an ethnic cleansing operation larger even than the Nakba under the guise of “security” Filmed in July 2025
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Intense fighting continues in Khiam, fighter jets were pounding the area as we filmed. But despite claims that it’s going to “walk in”’and occupy the south of Lebanon it’s facing fierce resistance and it could be that Khiam becomes the graveyard for the I$raeli forces. Full report to follow…
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Huge thanks to the incredible medical team at Jabal Amel Hospital in Tyre for patching me up after yesterday’s I$raeli airstrike. Paramedics, doctors, nurses and support staff here are true heroes — working under relentless pressure, with more than 30 emergency workers killed by I$rael since March 2. Even after the hospital itself was badly damaged in a recent strike, they refuse to abandon their patients and courageously remain in the field.
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Lebanon faces an ethnic cleansing operation on a larger scale than the Nakba, with some 1 million forcibly displaced from the south. Just minutes ago i$rael issued an order to all civilians south of the Zahrani river to leave amid rumours of an impending large scale ground invasion But the I$raeli’s face fierce resistance with a record 64 operations on Sunday targeting groups of soldiers and military installations.
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My report from Sir Al Gharbiyeh in Lebanon’s Nabatieh district after an entire family - including children- were massacred in an I$raeli strike Western media narratives claim growing discontent among Hezb0llah supporters, but the picture on the ground tells a different story.
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Today I visited the Sahel hospital in southern Beirut the morning after Israel claimed - without evidence - that hundreds of billions of dollars in gold and cash were stored in the basement and used to fund Hezbollah. I had unrestricted access to all areas, including the basement and all I found were the normal things found in any hospital, in any country across the world. The hospital director believes it will be bombed by Israel, repeating a pattern seen in Gaza, with attempts to link the hospital to Hezbollah a smokescreen to justify an attack. We had to leave the hospital with drones flying overhead with the potential for Israel to strike at any moment. Lebanon’s health ministry has called on the international community to speak out and break its silence on Israel’s war crimes with around 150 health workers killed in Israeli attacks. At least four people including a child were killed as Israel bombed the vicinity of the Rafik Hariri Hospital on Monday night while 14 people were killed in Jnah, wiping out two families. With a ceasefire seemingly out of reach, Israel’s bombing continues with no end in sight.
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Reporting from the ground in Sidon after a drone strike in the early hours of Wednesday killed two people — including an emergency worker. Three residential buildings were also hit across the port city as the bombardment widened. At the same time, strikes pounded the Lebanese capital Beirut, where a 15-storey building collapsed with at least 12 people reportedly killed.
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Early this morning I$rael launched an airstrike killing at least two paramedics from the Islamic Health Authority at their post at Bint Jbeil Hospital in the south of Lebanon. More than 50 emergency workers have now been killed since the escalation of I$rael’s war on Lebanon Just a few months ago I$rael dropped leaflets threatening the hospital itself, claiming without evidence that it was harbouring Hezb0llah fighters. Here’s our report from the ground Ali Rida Sbeity
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I$rael has killed four emergency workers in a triple tap attack in Mayfadoun, southern Lebanon First I$rael struck a team from the Islamic Health Committee killing two paramedics. A second team headed to the site and was struck in an attack that wounded three medical workers, The Nabatiyeh Emergency Services and the Islamic Risala Scout Association mounted a third rescue attempt. They were hit by a strike that killed two more medics. This footage shows the emergency teams in vehicles equipped with nothing more than medical supplies. I$rael has killed at least 91 health professionals with 208 wounded and more than 120 Israeli attacks recorded on ambulances and medical facilities since the escalation on March 2 according to the Lebanese Health Ministry
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In November 2024 I$raeli soldiers from the Golani Brigade desecrated the St. Mema Church in the Christian village of Deir Mimas, southern Lebanon. Soldiers staged a mock wedding ceremony, danced, and simulated sex acts inside the church. The I$raeli military said the conduct was contrary it its values
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