Alternate Source: https://rsf.org/en/rsf-video-investigation-death-reuters-reporter-issam-abdallah-lebanon-journalists-vehicle-was
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has released a video reconstruction of the tragedy that resulted in the death of one journalist and the injury of several others. The initial findings of the investigation show that the reporters were not collateral victims of the shooting. One of their vehicles, marked “press”, was targeted, and it was also clear that the group stationed next to it was journalists.
From linked source:
Reporters Without Borders says ‘unlikely’ that Issam Abdallah and six other journalists were mistaken for combatants.
A Reuters journalist killed in strikes near the Israel-Lebanon border was deliberately targeted along with six other media workers injured in the attacks, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has said.
Video journalist Issam Abdallah, 37, was killed in southern Lebanon on October 13 while covering fighting between Israel’s military and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.
Six other journalists, including Al Jazeera cameraperson Elie Brakhia and reporter Carmen Joukhadar, were wounded when two rounds of munitions hit the village of Alma al-Shaab in quick succession.
“Two strikes in the same place in such a short space of time (just over 30 seconds), from the same direction, clearly indicate precise targeting,” RSF said on Sunday, citing the preliminary results of an investigation based on video footage and ballistic analysis.
While RSF did not directly attribute responsibility to Israel, the press freedom advocacy organisation said journalists had witnessed Israeli military helicopters near the scene and the strikes had come “from the direction of the Israeli border”.
The Al Jazeera Media Network has accused Israel’s military of deliberately targeting the journalists to silence the media, condemning the attacks as part of a pattern of “repeated atrocities” against journalists.
The Israeli army did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Israel’s military has not acknowledged responsibility for the attacks but a spokesperson previously said officials were “very sorry” for Abdallah’s death and were “looking into it”.
We’re “very sorry” for all our war crimes… we will “look into it”…
Did they?
We’ll let you know. Don’t call us, we’ll call you 👍
maybe reporting from within a war zone, on an active battlefield wasnt the most intelligent thing they’d ever done.
I’m seeing a few of these comments
Journalists and medical personnel work in dangerous environments, but it’s still newsworthy if they are harmed. It’s also newsworthy if there is a pattern of them being harmed in a particular conflict. It’s newsworthy because it speaks to the incompetence (or malicious intent) of the parties in the war.
It’s vile to just say “well too bad” when people die in a conflict, but especially so when those people are treating victims or collecting/reporting on information about the conflict.
be better
they had a choice & then it ended badly - but personal responsibility doesnt enter the picture? they’re just blameless? that’s convenient
personal responsibility doesnt enter the picture? they’re just blameless?
Could you share where people are suggesting that?
that’s convenient
Convenient for what?
Also most people seem to forget, that Accuracy in war is sometimes quite bad. Friendly fire makes up 2%-20% of all casualties in a war according to Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_friendly_fire_incidents
