Two journalists working for a Lebanese television station and a third person were killed today by an Israeli strike near the border with Israel, Lebanese state media and the Al Mayadeen network reported..

According to Al Mayadeen, the incident occurred near the city of Tir Harfa, about a mile from the Israeli border, and it deliberately targeted the TV crew because the network is pro-Palestinian and in favor of Iran’s regional military alliance.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati himself blamed Israel, saying in a statement that the strike constitutes Israeli attempt to silence the media.

Israel’s military did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Al Mayadeen named the journalists who were killed working for it: Farah Omar, a reporter, and Rabi al-Memari, a cameraman.

The third person killed in the attack was Hussain Aqeel, who was at the scene where the crew was shooting.

More than 50 journalists have been killed since October 7, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists — the majority in Gaza.

A second Israeli strike on a car about seven miles from the border and near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre. killed four people, the state news agency reported without further details.

Fighting between Israel and the Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah erupted along the border after Hezbollah’s ally, Palestinian Hamas, attacked Israel on October 7.

The Hamas attack killed 1,200 Israelis, according to Israeli estimates. Israel responded by bombing and invading the Gaza Strip, killing at least 13,300 people according to the territory’s Hamas government.

Violence on the Israel-Lebanon border has escalated, raising Western fears of a widening Middle East war that could draw in both the United States and Iran.