Reuters journalist killed as Israeli shell landed among a group of international journalists in Lebanon border
An Israeli shell landed among a group of international journalists covering clashes on the border in south Lebanon, killing a Reuters videographer and leaving six other journalists injured.
An Associated Press photographer at the scene saw the body of Reuters videographer Issam Abdallah and some of the six who were wounded being rushed to hospitals in ambulances, Images from the scene showed a charred car.
We are deeply saddened to tell you that our videographer, Issam Abdallah, has been killed,” the Reuters news agency said in a statement.
The agency said Abdallah was part of a Reuters crew in southern Lebanon that was providing a live signal.
Reuters said that two more of its journalists, Thaer Al-Sudani and Maher Nazeh, were wounded in the shelling in the border area.
Qatar’s Al-Jazeera TV said two of its employees, Elie Brakhya and reporter Carmen Joukhadar, were also among the wounded.
France’s international news agency, Agence France-Presse, said two of its journalists also were among the wounded, but the agency did not release their names.
Reacting to the incident, Minister Najib Mikati of Lebanon released a statement condemning Israel’s shelling that struck the journalists “during its aggression on southern Lebanon.
Similarly, United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric called the deaths “another example of the daily dangers journalists face in covering conflict throughout the world” and said the world body hopes for an investigation into what happened.
