Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has sharply condemned what he described as Israel’s “brutal attacks” on Beirut and Lebanon’s historic southern cities, warning that international silence is giving Israel a green light to continue the violence.

An Israeli airstrike has reportedly killed a former correspondent for Iran’s Arabic-language al-Alam television channel along with three other civilians in southern Lebanon.

German public broadcaster ZDF has recalled its U.S. correspondent in New York, attributing the decision to an incident in which an AI-generated clip was broadcast on its flagship news program, heute journal.