Fatima Ftouni is a Lebanese journalist and field reporter for Al-Mayadeen  who was killed on 28 March 2026 in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon while covering ongoing hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah in a context of escalating violence and increasing risks faced by media workers reporting from frontline areas. Ftouni was actively engaged in field reporting, documenting military developments and their impact on local communities in southern Lebanon, often working in close proximity to active conflict zones. On 28 March 2026, while travelling in a clearly identifiable media vehicle on the Jezzine highway alongside journalist Ali Shoeib and cameraman Mohammed Ftouni, Fatima Ftouni was killed when an Israeli strike directly targeted their car, resulting in the deaths of all three media workers. Reports indicate that the vehicle was marked as press and that the journalists were carrying out professional coverage at the time of the attack, raising serious concerns regarding the protection of journalists under international humanitarian law. The Israeli military stated that the strike was intended to target Ali Shoeib, alleging that he was acting as a Hezbollah intelligence operative, a claim that has not been independently verified and has been met with scepticism by press freedom organisations. The killing of Fatima Ftouni prompted condemnation from international organisations including the Committee to Protect Journalists, which stressed that journalists must be treated as civilians and protected from attack while performing their work.