Dana El Kurd speaks to Justin Salhani, writer and journalist based in Beirut and non-resident fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy. Dana and Justin discuss conditions for journalists in Lebanon at the moment, the widening range of targets, and what people expect from the ceasefire currently in place.

Sources:

Report on killing of Amal Khalil - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/23/what-we-know-about-israel-killing-lebanese-journalist-amal-khalil 

Report on “black Wednesday” - https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/04/11/lebanese-mourn-victims-of-black-wednesday-we-are-not-just-numbers_6752321_4.html 

Justin Salhani and Maram Humaid on killing of journalists in Gaza - https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/4/7/targeted-killed-burned-alive-journalists-in-gaza-attacked-by-israel

Quadruple tap strike on paramedics in Lebanon - https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lebanon-paramedics-strike-9.7173448 

Forensic Architecture on Gaza’s hospitals - https://gaza-hospitals.forensic-architecture.org/

Dana El Kurd speaks to Justin Salhani, writer and journalist based in Beirut and non-resident fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy. Dana and Justin discuss conditions for journalists in Lebanon at the moment, the widening range of targets, and what people expect from the ceasefire currently in place.
Sources:
Report on killing of Amal Khalil - <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/23/what-we-know-about-israel-killing-lebanese-journalist-amal-khalil" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="3a4a610f-973f-40d5-bd6a-9ae15abe64eb">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/23/what-we-know-about-israel-killing-lebanese-journalist-amal-khalil</a>&nbsp;
Report on &ldquo;black Wednesday&rdquo; - <a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/04/11/lebanese-mourn-victims-of-black-wednesday-we-are-not-just-numbers_6752321_4.html" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="f7f9e6cb-5fa6-48bc-b1cf-2efad24dded8">https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/04/11/lebanese-mourn-victims-of-black-wednesday-we-are-not-just-numbers_6752321_4.html</a>&nbsp;
Justin Salhani and Maram Humaid on killing of journalists in Gaza - <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/4/7/targeted-killed-burned-alive-journalists-in-gaza-attacked-by-israel" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="1a2090a8-c8f0-4020-9eb0-e07457ac5327">https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/4/7/targeted-killed-burned-alive-journalists-in-gaza-attacked-by-israel</a>
Quadruple tap strike on paramedics in Lebanon - <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lebanon-paramedics-strike-9.7173448" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="22f3836d-4c69-403c-917c-2fa8de057651">https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lebanon-paramedics-strike-9.7173448</a>&nbsp;
Forensic Architecture on Gaza&rsquo;s hospitals - <a href="https://gaza-hospitals.forensic-architecture.org/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="ca8f5c39-058a-47e5-8857-a9afeb1bf6e3">https://gaza-hospitals.forensic-architecture.org/</a>

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