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| July 22 | An employee of the LBCI television station was killed and another wounded when the Israeli military hit transmission towers at three locations in Lebanon Saturday, an LBCI official told AFP Saturday."We have one killed and another one wounded in Fatqa," in the Kesrwan mountains northeast of Beirut, said the official who did not wish to be identified.The strikes targeted transmission towers for a number of private TV stations, including LBCI and Future, and some private radio stations in Fatqa and further up Mount Sannine, police said.Mobile telephone networks were down in the north of Lebanon after the strikes while local television transmission for LBCI was cut in the north and in Kesrwan mountains, although people could still view channel on satellite.In Fatqa, TV footage showed a cloud of thick black smoke billowing into the sky from the burning towers. A truck was also seen burning.Television transmission towers, including Hezbollah's Al-Manar and the privately run New TV, and mobile tele |
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13:29Strikes on Fatqa heights, Mt. Sannine and Terbol target TV and mobile phone transmitter stations + LebanonUpdates
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13:39Israeli shelling of TV and radio stations in Fatqa heights results in fires and direct hits + LebanonUpdates
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