British war correspondent Steve Sweeney has said he survived what he described as a deliberate airstrike while reporting in southern Lebanon, with video footage appearing to show an explosion occurring directly behind him as he was speaking on camera. The clip, widely shared online, shows Sweeney in a reporting position when a sudden blast erupts in the background, prompting concern over the incident and its circumstances.
Sweeney stated on the social media platform X that the strike was an attempt to silence his reporting on ongoing military activity in the region. His account of the incident has not been independently verified, and the exact nature of the explosion shown in the video remains unconfirmed.
