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Strike that killed journalists in Lebanon ‘under review’: Israel
Three journalists were killed and three wounded earlier in an Israeli strike on a compound hosting 18 media members covering the war in southern Lebanon.
According to an Al Jazeera correspondent who reached the site soon after the attack, cars parked in the compound were clearly marked “Press” and no warning or evacuation orders were issued before the strike.
Israel’s military says it’s investigating. “Several hours after the strike, reports were received that journalists had been hit during the strike. The incident is under review,” it said in a statement.
The Committee to Protect Journalists called for on an independent investigation to determine whether the attack was deliberate.
Israel’s killing of journalists ‘direct targeting’
Human rights groups say deliberately targeting journalists is a war crime after Israeli forces bombed and killed three media workers in southern Lebanon and wounded three others.
“Journalists are civilians that are entitled to protection under international humanitarian law,” said Aya Majzoub, Amnesty International’s deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa. “It has been especially disturbing to see Israel target civilian institutions just because of their affiliation to Hezbollah.”
TV crews arrived in Hasbaiyya and deemed it safer after Israel ordered an evacuation order for a town farther south from which they were reporting.
“That is why we consider it a direct targeting, aimed at getting the journalists out of the south,” said Elsy Moufarrej, coordinator for the Alternative Press Syndicate in Lebanon. “They want to prevent the journalists from covering and having presence in the south of Lebanon.”
6 Israeli troops injured in northern Israel: Report
Israeli Army Radio says at least six soldiers were moderately and lightly wounded when a Hezbollah rocket landed from Lebanon in the Shomera area of the Western Galilee. Israel’s military continues to suffer casualties as fighting with Hezbollah intensifies.
41 people killed in 24 hours in Lebanon
At least 41 people were killed and 133 wounded in the past 24 hours in Israeli military attacks, Lebanon’s Health Ministry says.
Lebanon’s crisis response unit recorded 125 air strikes and incidents of shelling in the past day, mostly concentrated in southern Lebanon and the Nabatieh province, it said.
Several intense attacks targeted the village of Khiam in southern Lebanon, killing four people and wounding four others, Lebanon’s state media said.
Friday’s deaths raise the total toll over the past year of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah to 2,634 killed and 12,252 wounded.
