The Foreign Press Association claims the Israeli military disrespected the memory of a Lebanese journalist, Ali Shoeib, who was killed in a targeted strike. Israel shared an AI-generated image that superimposed a Hezbollah uniform over his press vest, claiming it was a cover for terrorism.

The Foreign Press Association has accused the Israeli military of discrediting a Lebanese journalist it killed in March, by using an AI-generated photo to present him as a “Hezbollah terrorist.” The Israel Defence Forces claimed responsibility for killing Ali Shoeib in a targeted Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon. It then shared an edited photo of him on social media, overlaying his press vest with a Hezbollah uniform, saying a “press vest is just a cover for terror.”