Seven journalists from Reuters, Al Jazeera and AFP were on October 13 at Lebanon’s southern border with Israel. They documented hostilities between the Israeli army and the Islamist militia groups Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad. So, right after 18.00, they were hit by two rocket attacks. The 37-year-old Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah lost his life, and six others were injured. According to two investigations, one from the AFP and the independent organization Airwars, and one from the human rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW), show that the attack came from the Israeli army. The investigation by HRW also shows that the attack was targeted. An investigation by AFP points to a tank grenade used only by the Israeli army (IDF) causing the explosion that killed Abdallah. Among other things, the news agency has studied satellite images which show that Israeli tanks were operating in the area from which the attack came during this period. The IDF has denied that it carries out targeted attacks on journalists, but stated the day after the attack that it is sorry that the journalist was killed and that it is investigating the incident.
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