'In south Lebanon, we don't just cover the war, we try to survive reporting it'

'In south Lebanon, we don't just cover the war, we try to survive reporting it' Submitted by Ramez El Kadi on Mon, 04/06/2026 - 15:36 Israel has killed 14 Lebanese journalists in deliberate attacks, marking them as part of its target list Lebanese journalists Ramez El Kadi reports live from Ebl al-Saqi, a border village in south Lebanon, on 8 April 2026 (Supplied/MEE) Off Editor’s note: The following is a personal account by Lebanese journalist Ramez El Kadi, who has been reporting on Israel’ s war from the front line in southern Lebanon since the Israeli military first launched its offensive in October 2023. Each time I take the road to southern Lebanon, the journey doesn't feel like a simple geographical move from one city to another. It is rather a psychological crossing between two versions of the profession: the one we knew when we first became journalists, and the one Israel's war imposed on us three years ago.