Molotov cocktail hurled at al-Jadeed TV in Beirut

Unknown assailants have hurled a Molotov cocktail bomb overnight at al-Jadeed TV building in Wata el-Mousaitbeh, the media outlet said.

Al-Jadeed reported Tuesday that the bomb self-extinguished before reaching the building and that security forces have launched an investigation into the incident.

Al-Jadeed TV and actress Joanna Karaky had recently been severely criticized after Karaky said, in a sketch comedy show, that many southerners have got married to United Nations peacekeepers and that's why many children there are blond with green or blue eyes.

The sketch was broadcast on al-Jadeed's comedy show Fashet Kheleq against the backdrop of the killing of an Irish peacekeeper earlier this month. It infuriated the southerners who condemned the TV channel and the actress, especially on social media.