reporting the news is an exciting job, but reporting the news on the border between two forces fighting each other is more than exciting, it's perilous and to be fair...

only few are ready to defy death and report from such flashpoint regions. in simple terms, you must have the guts to do it. this is saop and i'm your host, hasan tico. ali shuaib is seasoned correspondent with the lebanese television station almanar. he's reported extensively from southern lebanon, in particular from the border with occupied palestine. where he's confronted israeli soldiers many times, he talks to us about how challenging it is to report from war zones where one should expect death any time. ali shaib, welcome to the program, well first of all i like to start by: saying, at what

age did you become a journalist? when was it that you felt that i need to be a journalist? firstly, thank you for having me, it is worth mentioning that i have not stopped reporting from the border with the occupied palestines since the confrontations erupted on october 7, not even for a single day. my home is located in a village just 30 km from the frontline and i used to go to my home. for few hours before returning to the frontline. it is my first time leaving the frontline upon invitation to the festival to complete the other side of my mission, which is reflecting what goes on at the border and the importance of the operations conducted by hazballah there in support of gaza and the palestinian resistance. regarding your question, i was 13 when i felt that i need to be a journalist. in 1983, there was an israeli position near... home in the village,

i was imagining myself a journalist filming and making a report on that position through a small window that lies above the house's door. since then, my passion for filming began. when i was 18, i began training to learn filming and i have continued ever since. in 1993 i began working in journalism. initially i was working as cameraman, but since 1999 i have been working as cameraman. and correspondent. i was feeling myself at the border area before the withdrawal of israeli forces from the occupied parts of south lebanon. in the year 2000, i was the first cameraman to accompany those who liberated south lebanon. i filmed historic scenes that showed the resistance fighters and people storming the occupied areas and liberating from the israeli occupying forces and their agents. i documented those moments with photos that have been used ever since, i

later began reporting from that area after live coverage was allowed following the eliberation of those villages, i'm still working as cameraman and correspondent at the border. it's very interesting to know that uh, you've always been on the frontline of reporting in crisis regions, so that's that of brings me to my next question, which is um, did you study crisis management to do crisis reporting? uh, during that period of time, the israely army was launching a series of massive wars on south lebanon, including what the israel regime calls operation accountability. i covered the aggression uh that was conducted on entire lebanon in july 1993. i also covered the massive war launched by the israeli enemy in 1996 as well as the july 2006 war that destroyed vast parts of the lebanese areas. i was uh camping in a border area during the 33-day war and never

left it, because i believe that as long as the resistance fighters are carrying their weapons, i also should fight alongside them using my camera. i also covered. all the battles that took place in syria against daesh and anostra front in aleppo, qalaman, hama, palmaira and the entire syrian desert as well as areas along the iraqi borders. moreover, i was also voiced of the people in lebanon, reflecting their suffering. i was reporting on their steadfastness against israely aggression, showing the suffering that they were grappling with because of the economic situation and reflecting their determination to stay. on their land, despite the israely strikes against their areas, then i was using the weapon that i carry, which is the camera for reporting on civilians and being voice of the people, while in the battlefield i was using it to be voice of the fighters that confront the israeli enemy, reflecting their operations. we have a video

of you uh reporting on the border between south lebanon and the palestinian border, we have a video of that, would like to watch it together. الجندي الاسرائيلي الذي يقف هنا لا يجروا على الاقتراب مني اكثر لان في في في في لان مظله الحمايه هي التي تحمينا انا اقف هنا واتجرا على الوقوف هنا لان في يوجد مظله حمايه تحميني من هذا العدو الجبان الذي لا يجرؤ على الاقتراب مني انا اقف في الاراضي اللبنانيه المحرره وهو يقف في الاراضي اللبنانيه المحتله من

yeah, so tell us more about this video about what went, what went on between you and the israeli soldier before, before you said this report, this scene embodies. glory, defiance and loyalty to the land, i was relying on the equation or ruled imposed by the resistance movement that prevents the occupying forces from targeting any civilian in the lebanese territories. according to that equasion, hezball will stage a direct strike against israeli enemy if any civilian is targeted in the lebanese territories. that equation was empowering me. back then, the enemy was trying to penetrate the borders, although there were no... physical barriers, i know exactly where the imaginary line lay, so i stood beside that line, resolute and unwavering, and told the israeli soldier, it is forbidden to approach, i am the owner of this land, so he used the tank to scare me and force me to retreat, but he couldn't

approach me because i threatened him with the resistance movements weapons, saying, look at the resistance movements missiles which are hidden behind the hills, if you approached me, these missiles would be fired towards to you so he retreated and subsequently i managed to accomplish my mission. i clung to every last inch of the lebanese territories till he retreated to the occupied territories. i was conveying message on the strength and resilience of hisballah and the collapsing power of the israely enemy and made the movement's missile arsenal. okay so ali um we know that as you said you report mostly on the the front lines and hisballah movement and throughout all these years you've been reporting on. hisbullah stories, how powerful has hizbullah become throughout these years, initially, the operations conducted by the resistance group did not demonstrate significant strength against the israely enemy, day by day, the group began accumulating its military capabilities and

its expertise and received the necessary weapons to confront these really enemy, the enemy doesn't possess what the resistance group does, the resistance fighters faith and had a spirit inspired by the battle of karbala in which imam hussain was martered motivated them to fight. with such spirit, we defeat the israeli forces and force them to flee. when the resistance fighters shout allahu akbar and launch attack, the israely soldiers feel frightened and scattered like mice. the group possesses significant capabilities in technology, security, intelligence and overall military strength, since the confrontations erupted in gaza. october 7 clashes erupted in the northern front, when the enemy launches attack within the conflict zone, hezbollah launches dozens of drones and missiles towards syria's occupied golden heights and toward areas deep inside occupied palestine, including up tabrius, aker, ako and the outscareds of

haifa. today hezbollah is enforcing its rules on the israeli enemy, the israel regime is exerting pressure to stop the operations that target is positions in solidarity. gaza, but hazbollah continues to support gaza and target israely military positions. meanwhile, the enemy doesn't dare to launch attacks beyond the conflict zone. very interesting, so since october 7th. onwards to this very day, it seems that you've literally been reporting from south lebanon every day, yes i covered the situation in the water villages and never left them, as i mentioned before, in order to reveal the truth, during this confrontation, the media warfare is essential because the camera has become a weapon ache into the rifle and the missile used by the resistance fighters, when a resistance fighter targets a military position is crucial. to publish a photo of the attack, while the war media bureau films the military

operations, we also as media workers cover and report on these achievements. media coverage of the acts of resistance is vital to show the defeat of israel and the brutality of the israeli army that targets some civilian areas triggering retaliatory operations, so we have a weapon and we are clinging to it. media is double edged sword and we should wield it carefully. indeed, rifles and cameras have become complementary weapons, we can't separate them, when the weapon is used, it scores military gain on the battlefield, but the camera allows people to witness those achievements, especially as the enemy employs similar strategies, so we also should adopt such an approach to show the audience the real situation. the camera helps us as media workers to highlight the achievements made by the resistance fighters. journalists are and the creators of those achievements, but our mission is to reflect them for the audience. and so reporting from such flashpoint regions uh where do you get

the courage and the the boldness to be able to report from such hazardous places? first the experience plays an important role in this regard: i've been carrying camera and covering all these confrontations for more than 30 years, we feel a little nervous when we face dangers and that's normal, but we don't give up, some of us. were even murtered and i personally was injured and lost my leg while i was covering border clashes, but received treatment and continued my work. it was just a short pause after which resume my work, as long as we know that the resistance fighters are stationed in their positions and ready to be martered, we are also ready to keep carrying our weapon and be martered defending the same cause. our mission is motivated by our faith. indeed, we are media workers, but we have cause and... are defending our land and homeland, the person who dies while defending his homeland and his

faith is a morter. then when we took such decision, we considered all the dangers. thus, as long as the resistance fighter is carrying his weapon and is ready to be martered, i'll also carry my weapon and be ready to be martered, and i will never give up that weapon. i was once injured, but i continued my mission, even if i am injured once again, i'll complete my mission. if i'll be martyred, then that's the will of god, the almighty. i asked. from martterdam when my mission is accomplished, i think that i will continue to go on that path as long as i'm able to do so, and nothing can terrify me. i'm receiving many israely threats on social media accounts and even through phone calls where they threaten to kill me. i ignored those threats, but i respond with my work and by reporting from battlefield. i even work right at the border fence showing the audience how the israel's homes are being destroyed as they did with our homes and that the settlers are being displaced as our people were displaced. feel from right at the border even after months of confrontation and that's part of my message that bear, so ali

we're going to uh take a look at some pictures now, there's a picture here, we want to take a look at the picture, let's see it together, so an interesting picture, this is my son hassan, it was 13 years old, i used to take him to the border, he has become a cameraman, no longer film at he has become the cameraman for our reports and is accompanying me during all the coverages of the border, he's my only son and he chose this work by his own will, didn't impose my decision on him, so you only have one son, yes, yes, my only son, very interesting, very interesting, and so um, speaking of family, um, whenever you want to go to the the the front lines and do, crisis reporting in your life is in danger, as you said, you lost your leg uh, during one of those reports reports. things um, what does your family tell you? my

family has been beside me during all the stages of my career, and they know me well, they share the same ideas i do, we also share the same culture, when my wife and i decided to start a family, we knew exactly what our life would be like, my wife knows that she may paid a price for her decision and i spend significant time away from home and face a risk of, then my family also makes. sacrifices for the sake of the same cause, we are committed to the path of the resistance and the liberation of the land with the palestinian cause at the forefront, what's happening in gaza is humanitarian issue? do you think when my wife and children watch the tv and see the crimes committed in gaza such as the killing of children, women and the earlierly people, they will ask me to stay at home and refrain from working in support of the garsens, i believe that they even encourage me to do this humanitarian work, what hezbollah is doing in support of gazens is not only a military mission, but also humanitarian one. we express our solidarity

with the people of gaza in every possible way, our resistance fighters and civil. have been murdered and injured as a ransom for them, hundreds of homes were also destroyed in our villages and their owners considered sacrifice for the sake of the people of gaza and palestine. tens of thousands of people were displaced from their villages, yet they view it as a ransom for palestine and the resistance and people of gaza, this is our culture, we don't accept a pression and always stand with the right side of the battle, we paid a price for supporting yemen and for backing syria against. that says we will be whatever we should be, indeed, we were present, wherever we should have been, and we'll continue to be present wherever our moral, religious and humanitarian duty guides us to, has there been any instance where while reporting you've come close to death

and said your last prayers, you saying, has there ever any ever been? the incidence like that? absolutely, faced many dangers during my 30-year career, during alepo battle, for example, was in talal ace beside two iranian resistance fighters and two syrian fighters as well as cameraman a nostra front fired a shelling that hit near me. the two syrians were murtered while the two iranians were injured. the cameraman was laid on the ground, but thankfully he was not harmed. i was a shock shaking the dust on my clothes, that's one of such incidents and uh there are many other incidents like that during the july war, there were times when i would uh leave home only to find it destroyed immediately behind me because of aerostride that threw me away in one of the most serious incidents, the cameraman and i were in the desert of palmaira and we mistakenly entered

area held by daesh at 2 a.m. we had no phones and we were... completely disconnected from the world, we were lost and our car ran out of fuel, or over two of the car's tires went flat. back then we surrendered to our faith and uh we're speaking to allah, the almighty. we thought that those would be our last hours. we saw vehicle uh heading towards us and we thought that will be captured, but allah the almighty sent us an unexpected thing a moment when we were reciting the shahada waiting for death. "the vehicle uh was carrying two resistance fighters who were also lost. they had fuel and two tires and helped us before we completed our separate ways. that was a blessing from allah the almighty. during the july war, i faced many dangers and i recited the shahada many times. i believe that my mission has yet to be accomplished. i hope that i deserve to be martered when my mission is accomplished. i

aspired to become closer to allah, so i ask allah to bless me with marterdom." and as my last question, um, as you said, you, you've trained your son to become your photographer, your cameraman, he's about 30 years old, you said, what would you tell new and aspiring journalists who would want to follow in your footsteps as as a journalist to report on the frontlines and do crisis reporting and literally face danger? bidayen, firstly, i want to tell the journalists who want to report from the frontlines that they shouldn't go there in search of. instead they should bear a message and have a cost to defend, because reporting from the frontline could cost them their life. they should understand that the camera and microphone are weapons used to achieve noble goal. secondly, they should know where they will report from, so they should know the geography of that area, the nature of the confrontations and the battles taking place there, and how to

avoid the strikes and how to deal with the injuries. they should also realize which information uh... should be published and which information should be hidden during the wartime, as long as uh there is a confrontation with the israeli enemy. my speech is addressed to the journalists who are belonging to the axis of resistance. as not all the filmed videos or the heard information could be published. firstly uh the information must be true and we shouldn't repeat unreliable information. first of all we should obtain true information whether uh through direct observation or from three different sources, afterwards, we should see whether publishing such information will benefit the resistance fighters who are engaged in a battle with the enemy or not, and consider their impact on on the morale of their lebanese society and that of the zionists. any journalist who is heading to the frontline should think of these things? people shouldn't go to the frontline to get

followers and boost likes and become popular on social media. the correspondent should be humble and god would exalt him. when the correspondent, the cameraman or the journalist does work for the sake of fame, they'll be marginalized by the people. what gain journalists fame is their sincerity and and humility, when you become humble, allah the almighty will exalt you, and people will follow your reports because they trust you. people hate arrogant journalists who are searching for fame, people follow the journalists that defends cause, people love the cause and not the person themselves. when people follow shuib, they do so because he reports a specific cause that they care about, they don't care about the person themselves, but they care about seeing the cause being well covered, they... how do you evaluate the relationship between hizbullah and the islamic republic of iran? the

relationship between hizbullah and the islamic republic of iran or rather between the lebanese people and the islamic republic is a strong because we feel that we are in the same ditch as we paid a price for our presence in the occupied palestine the iranian people. also paid a price for supporting the palestinian cause and are making sacrifices. each lebanese probably pays a price for supporting the palestinian cause and our resistance movement in lebanon. we feel the favor of the islamic republic and its people, and since the impact of the iranian aid, with each drop of water and each medicine, and even when we use the roads, we feel favor of the islamic republic in every aspect of our life. "if the islamic republic hadn't supported us to confront the israely occupying regime, we wouldn't have made all the achievements. thanks to the iranian support, the lebanese people have been able

to withstand the economic crisis and the life challenges resulting from our commitment to that cost. the iranian people paid a price for saying no to america and for supporting the palestinian cost. so we hold a great respect and love for the iranian people and ask god to help us. to return the favor to the iranian people in leadership. the iranians never abandoned us and we are ready to make sacrifices to return the favor. now at the end of the program uh, on every program, we have segment where we request our guest to look into the camera and speak their mind to the world or whoever they want to address, please. firstly, we as media workers

bear message that i want to share with the world from south lebanon, as i'm a corresponding south lebanon, we asked the free people across the world to support the gazan children and women who are losing their lives every day. as well as their resistance fighters in gaza. our message is to support the truth against the falsehood. if there is cause where the truth is confronting the falsehood, it is the palestinian cause and the cause of the people of gaza who are facing the most powerful, aggressive, criminal and terrorist force in the world, or with their bodies and whatever military capabilities available to them and seal scoring gains. you should support gaza as uh when you support gaza. you're actually supporting allah, my message to the world is, gaza is in your trust, do not leave it, and we thank our guest alib from lebanon for taking part in this program, and you the

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