Video Captures Moment TV Reporter Struck by Shell During LIVE Reporting at Syrian-Lebanese Border | WATCH

New Delhi: A terrifying moment unfolded on live television when an Al-Arabiya reporter was struck by a shell while covering the escalating conflict at the Syria-Lebanon border on Monday, following the killing of three Syrian soldiers in earlier clashes. 

The video captures the reporter speaking on the phone just before a sudden explosion shakes the area. The camera falls to the ground, showing a plume of smoke as the crew scrambles for cover. Amidst the chaos, voices can be heard frantically calling out names.

“Did anything happen to anyone?” one voice asks, with another responding, “No, no, no.” 

This comes a month after violent confrontations between Syrian forces and armed Lebanese Shia factions allied with Syria’s former president, Bashar al-Assad, in the Al-Qasr region.  

Syrian Soldiers Kidnapped and Killed? 

Syria’s interim government accused Lebanon’s Hezbollah of crossing the border, abducting three Syrian soldiers, and executing them on Lebanese soil. Hezbollah, however, denied any role in the incident.  

Meanwhile, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that Shia armed groups were involved, though details remain murky.  

Syrian Retaliation and Continued Clashes

In response to the killings, the Syrian army reportedly launched artillery strikes on what it described as “Hezbollah gatherings that killed the Syrian soldiers” along the border. 

Though the clashes largely calmed before sunrise, Lebanese media reported low-level fighting at dawn after an attack on a Syrian military vehicle.

The Lebanese army later confirmed handing over the bodies of the slain soldiers to Syrian authorities.