Narrow Escape For Lebanese Journalist As Israeli Missile Strikes His Home During Live Interview | Video

A Lebanese journalist had a narrow escape after an Israeli missile hit his home during his live interview to a Television news channel. The video that surfaced showed Fadi Boudaya losing his balance and getting thrown off the screen when the missile rolled on at his place.

It was later known that Boudaya, the editor-in-chief of Miraya International Network, sustained minor injuries in the incident. Later, the Lebanese journalist tweeted that he was doing fine.

“Thank you to everyone who called, texted, checked in, and to everyone who felt any emotion. Thank God, I am fine, thanks to God and His blessings upon us, and we return to continue our media duty in support of the resistance. Thank you from the bottom of my heart,” he said.

Israel and Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah have locked horns in cross-border warfare in the backdrop of the Gaza war that erupted last October, displacing lakhs of civilians from their home state.

Israel-Lebanon Warfare

In recent days, the Israel-Lebanon conflict escalated after a widening attack on communication devices, including pagers and walkie-talkies, used by Hezbollah members last week. While Hezbollah accused Israel of planning the attack through infiltration in their international consignments, the Jewish nation has neither accepted nor denied the claims.

The ongoing conflict triggered fears of all-out war after both sides began trading rocket and missile attacks on targeted positions. During this week, the Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah positions in Lebanon have killed 558 people, according to local media reports.

Thousands of families from southern Lebanon packed cars and minivans with suitcases, mattresses, blankets and carpets and jammed the highway heading north toward Beirut to flee the deadliest Israeli bombardment since 2006.

Amid the conflict, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recorded a video message on Monday telling the Lebanese people that Hezbollah members are using them as human shields and urged them to heed Israeli calls to evacuate. He said that Israel is not at war with Lebanon or them but with the Iran-backed militant group.