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Journalist Nabil Mamlouk was attacked and beaten in front of his father by partisans with known political affiliations, attempting to intimidate him over his “dissenting opinions,” despite his support for “resistance against the Israeli enemy.”

Under the pretext of a voice recording sent by journalist Nabil Mamlouk, a native of Tyre, to a WhatsApp news group he created after the war broke out to inform the city’s residents—many of whom had fled the bombing—he was assaulted and beaten in front of his father, a pharmacist, by youths with known political affiliations. The attack was an attempt to intimidate him over his “dissenting opinions,” despite his support for “resistance against the Israeli enemy.”

To further intimidate him, the attackers filmed the assault and shared the video, falsely accusing him of collaborating with Israel and providing coordinates for rocket launches from southern Lebanon. However, what the video failed to show was the attackers brandishing a weapon at Mamlouk’s head and firing gunshots inside his father’s pharmacy, as Mamlouk revealed to our sister company Houna Loubnan. He stressed that “the attackers deliberately hid the full extent of what occurred.”

Describing the incident, Mamlouk said, “Because my views differ, and because I report news accurately and objectively through the WhatsApp group I created to counter fake news and protect people from the Israeli enemy, as well as provide humanitarian aid to those still in the city and the displaced, some people were upset by my actions and resented the fact that I don't share their views. As a result, I started receiving threats, insults, accusations, and charges of treason. Today, after I posted a warning for people in a specific area of Tyre to avoid gatherings and stop filming, they falsely accused me of informing the Israeli enemy about them. They then attacked me with violence and weapons. I might have been killed if my father and a neighbor hadn’t intervened.”

“I chose to stay in Tyre with my parents because our family has always remained steadfast on our land during past wars,” Mamlouk adds, reaffirming his resolve to stay in his home and city, continuing his work despite Israeli aggression on one side and assaults and threats on the other.