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zones Pope Leo has marked World Press Freedom Day by condemning violations of media freedom around the world and paying tribute to journalists killed while reporting in conflict
Zone area of Islamabad on April 23, 2026. **Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images** Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images Here are the latest updates on Day 57 of the conflict in the Middle East: [Possible Iran
journalists in southern Lebanon](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/28/lebanon-condemns-blatant-war-crime-israel-kills-three-journalists), with the Israeli military saying it had targeted one of the reporters. More than 2,400 people have been killed in Lebanon since [Israel launched an offensive
conflict erupted in March, Israel was violating the November 2024 ceasefire signed with Hezbollah almost daily, killing hundreds. ## A visual map of obliteration Bint Jbeil has emerged as the epicentre of this devastation, functioning
conflict has left no one untouched in the state, spilling over into daily life. In the village of Tronglaobi, where two children were killed in the bomb blast, a majority of the people are dependent
zone, it was too dangerous. The army has occasionally brought foreign reporters in on highly controlled trips, but media outlets have not been granted independent access. Currently, “the heaviest fighting is over and there
conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [Iranians are leaving the country just to access the internet](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/g-s1-118339/iran-internet-access-turkey) President Trump said on social media Tuesday he was extending the ceasefire indefinitely, hours before
killed in Ukraine. “Zimbabweans have been trafficked as foreign fighters. Eighteen have died abroad, yet the government can repatriate only four; the others are held up by documentation problems,” Mangwana said on X. Minister
killed [journalists](/news/2026/4/2/un-experts-urge-investigation-into-israels-killing-of-lebanese-journalists), [medical workers](/news/2026/3/14/israel-kills-12-medics-in-attack-in-southern-lebanon-as-war-drags-on), and devastated southern Lebanon’s [medical infrastructure](/features/2026/4/3/how-israel-is-destroying-healthcare-infrastructure-in-southern-lebanon). Experts told Al Jazeera that those acts, along with the destruction of Lebanon’s water infrastructure, are part of a concerted
killed in Israeli strikes across Lebanon while Israel has expanded its military presence in the south of the country, now occupying about one-fifth of the country. The renewed diplomatic push also comes as Washington
conflict monitor, told Al Jazeera. “What Israel is doing in southern Lebanon is creating a multilayered buffer zone inside Lebanese territory and that is why they are demolishing houses in towns along the border.” Israel
zone under Israeli control under the “ceasefire”, Mahmoud Bassal, spokesman for the Palestinian Civil Defence, told the AFP news agency. Nine-year-old Saleh Badawi was shot dead by Israeli forces in the Zeitoun neighbourhood
conflict: [World leaders on ceasefire](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/17/g-s1-117788/middle-east-conflict-israel-lebanon-us-updates#One) | [Lebanon reactions](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/17/g-s1-117788/middle-east-conflict-israel-lebanon-us-updates#Two) | [Strait of Hormuz](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/17/g-s1-117788/middle-east-conflict-israel-lebanon-us-updates#Three) --- ## **World leaders urge restraint as an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire takes hold**  in a post on social media. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the ceasefire could open the door to a broader agreement with Lebanon
killing through the tight siege" imposed on el-Fasher by the RSF for 18 months. And when the RSF finally took over the city in October last year, "It was like the Day of Judgment