Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah killed in southern Lebanon, 6 others wounded
1 year, 2 months ago

Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah killed in southern Lebanon, 6 others wounded

CNN  

CNN — At least one journalist was killed and six others injured on Friday in southern Lebanon when Israel fired artillery into the area they were gathered. The IDF said Saturday it was looking into the “incident with Reuters journalist” killed in southern Lebanon. Reuters said in a statement that it was “deeply saddened” to learn that one of its videographers, Issam Abdallah, had been killed in the incident. “We are deeply concerned that a group of journalists who were clearly identified have been killed and injured while doing their job,” Phil Chetwynd, the AFP’s global news director, said in a statement. “We send our deepest condolences to our friends at Reuters for the loss of Issam and we are all pulling for our injured colleagues in hospital.” Al Jazeera also said that two of its journalists, Elie Brakhya and reporter Carmen Joukhadar, were wounded.

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Media freedom watchdog decries Israel’s killing of journalists in Gaza
1 week, 1 day ago

Media freedom watchdog decries Israel’s killing of journalists in Gaza

Al Jazeera  

CPJ says the Israeli military ‘continues to act with total impunity when it comes to the killing of journalists’. The Committee to Protect Journalists has denounced Israel’s killing of four Palestinian journalists in Gaza over the past week as the Israeli military intensifies its bombardment of the besieged territory. “Israel is responsible for two-thirds of those deaths and yet continues …

Palestinian journalist, Gaza Civil Defence workers killed in Israeli strike
1 week, 2 days ago

Palestinian journalist, Gaza Civil Defence workers killed in Israeli strike

Al Jazeera  

Ahmed al-Louh is the third journalist killed in Gaza in the last 24 hours. An Israeli air strike has killed Palestinian journalist Ahmed al-Louh and five Palestinian Civil Defence workers in central Gaza’s Nuseirat camp. Al-Louh had been covering Israel’s war on Gaza when it first began in October 2023, embedded with the Gaza Strip’s Palestinian Civil Defence teams, Al …

Media groups condemn Israel over Gaza journalist ‘massacre’
1 week, 5 days ago

Media groups condemn Israel over Gaza journalist ‘massacre’

Al Jazeera  

Two separate reports from media freedom organisations that analysed the deaths of reporters worldwide this year found Israel carried out a “massacre” of journalists in Gaza, an accusation denied by the Israeli government. An annual report published by Reporters Without Borders on Thursday found the Israeli army killed 18 journalists – two in Lebanon and 16 in Gaza – as …

One killed in Israeli attack on Lebanon as Netanyahu says war is not over
3 weeks ago

One killed in Israeli attack on Lebanon as Netanyahu says war is not over

Al Jazeera  

Israeli officials threaten to expand attacks on Lebanon if the ceasefire with Hezbollah collapses. An Israeli drone strike has killed one person in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese health authorities, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to enforce the ceasefire with Hezbollah “with an iron fist”. Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health and state media said Israeli forces carried out several …

An Israeli strike that killed 3 Lebanese journalists was most likely deliberate, watchdog says
4 weeks, 1 day ago

An Israeli strike that killed 3 Lebanese journalists was most likely deliberate, watchdog says

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — An Israeli airstrike that killed three journalists and wounded others in Lebanon last month was most likely a deliberate attack on civilians and an apparent war crime, an international human rights group said Monday. Human Rights Watch determined that Israeli forces carried out the Oct. 25 attack using an air-dropped bomb equipped with a U.S.-produced Joint Direct Attack …

An Israeli strike that killed 3 Lebanese journalists was most likely deliberate, watchdog says
4 weeks, 1 day ago

An Israeli strike that killed 3 Lebanese journalists was most likely deliberate, watchdog says

The Independent  

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Israel deliberately killed three Lebanon journalists, rights watchdog says
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Israel deliberately killed three Lebanon journalists, rights watchdog says

Al Jazeera  

Human Rights Watch says the Israeli attack on the journalists in October was carried out using a US-produced bomb. An Israeli air attack that killed three journalists and wounded others in Lebanon in October was most likely a deliberate attack on civilians and an apparent war crime, Human Rights Watch has said. In a report published on Monday, Human Rights …

An Israeli strike that killed 3 Lebanese journalists was most likely deliberate, watchdog says
4 weeks, 1 day ago

An Israeli strike that killed 3 Lebanese journalists was most likely deliberate, watchdog says

LA Times  

A journalist observes the site where an Israeli airstrike hit a compound housing journalists, killing three media staffers from two different news agencies, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency, in Hasbaya village, southeast Lebanon, on Oct. 25. An Israeli airstrike that killed three journalists and wounded others in Lebanon last month was most likely a deliberate attack on civilians …

Israel kills at least 30 more people in attacks on Gaza and Lebanon
1 month ago

Israel kills at least 30 more people in attacks on Gaza and Lebanon

The Independent  

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Israeli airstrikes in central Beirut kill at least 20 people
1 month ago

Israeli airstrikes in central Beirut kill at least 20 people

The Independent  

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Israeli Airstrikes Kill At Least 15 In Central Beirut As Diplomats Push For Cease-Fire
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1 month ago

Israeli Airstrikes Kill At Least 15 In Central Beirut As Diplomats Push For Cease-Fire

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING BEIRUT, Lebanon — Israeli airstrikes Saturday in central Beirut killed at least 15 people, officials said, as the once-rare strikes in the heart of Lebanon’s capital continued without Israeli warning, and as diplomats scrambled to broker a cease-fire. Residents observe the site of an Israeli airstrike that hit central Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. via Associated …

4 killed as Israel shakes central Beirut with powerful strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon
1 month ago

4 killed as Israel shakes central Beirut with powerful strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon

Firstpost  

An Israeli airstrike in central Beirut killed at least four people and injured many, in a major attack against Hezbollah A powerful airstrike killed at least four people in central Beirut early on Saturday, the health ministry said, shaking the Lebanese capital as Israel pressed its offensive against the Iran-backed Hezbollah group. It marked the fourth Israeli airstrike this week …

At least 29 killed in Israeli attack in central Beirut
1 month ago

At least 29 killed in Israeli attack in central Beirut

Al Jazeera  

At least 20 people have been killed in the attack on the Basta neighbourhood, according to the Health Ministry. An Israeli air strike has killed 29 people in central Beirut and 13 others in attacks in eastern Lebanon, according to the Ministry of Public Health, as Israel presses its offensive against the Lebanese group Hezbollah. At least 29 people were …

Israeli strikes in central Beirut kill at least 20 as diplomats push for cease-fire
1 month ago

Israeli strikes in central Beirut kill at least 20 as diplomats push for cease-fire

NPR  

Israeli strikes in central Beirut kill at least 20 as diplomats push for cease-fire toggle caption Hassan Ammar/AP BEIRUT, Lebanon — Israeli airstrikes Saturday in central Beirut killed at least 20 people, officials said, as the once-rare attacks on the heart of Lebanon's capital continued without warning while diplomats scrambled to broker a cease-fire. Lebanon's Health Ministry said 66 people …

Hezbollah media chief Mohammad Afif killed in Israeli airstrike
1 month ago

Hezbollah media chief Mohammad Afif killed in Israeli airstrike

India Today  

Lebanese armed group Hezbollah confirmed its media relations chief Mohammad Afif was killed by an Israeli strike on a building in central Beirut on Sunday. Israel has rarely hit senior Hezbollah personnel who do not have clear military roles, and its air strikes have mostly targeted Beirut's southern suburbs where the group has its heaviest presence. A second, separate strike …

Israeli Airstrikes Leave Widespread Devastation in Lebanon, Killing Dozens
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israeli Airstrikes Leave Widespread Devastation in Lebanon, Killing Dozens

China Daily  

A significant number of people have been killed and injured in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon. The death toll has reached 2,672, with 12,468 injured. The attacks have caused significant damage, with smoke billowing from buildings and an apartment building being targeted. The Israeli military has also killed 11 people, including a Hezbollah security official, and injured 25 others in separate …

Israeli strikes kill 38 in Gaza’s Khan Younis and three journalists in southern Lebanon
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Israeli strikes kill 38 in Gaza’s Khan Younis and three journalists in southern Lebanon

The Independent  

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An Israeli airstrike on a journalist compound kills 3 TV staffers, state news says
1 month, 4 weeks ago

An Israeli airstrike on a journalist compound kills 3 TV staffers, state news says

The Independent  

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Israeli airstrike in southeast Lebanon kills three journalists as they sleep
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Israeli airstrike in southeast Lebanon kills three journalists as they sleep

LA Times  

A vehicle marked “PRESS” sits at the site where an Israeli airstrike hit a compound housing journalists, killing three, in southeast Lebanon on Friday. “CPJ is deeply outraged by yet another deadly Israeli airstrike on journalists, this time hitting a compound hosting 18 members of the press in south Lebanon,” said the organization’s program director, Carlos Martinez de la Serna. …

Beirut hit by multiple Israeli air strikes as claims of journalists working for Hamas labelled 'fabricated'
2 months ago

Beirut hit by multiple Israeli air strikes as claims of journalists working for Hamas labelled 'fabricated'

ABC  

Israel has accused six Palestinian journalists of working for Hamas and Islamic Jihad, claims which the Al Jazeera media network has rejected as an attempt to silence them. "Al Jazeera condemns Israeli accusations against its journalists in Gaza and warns against being a justification for targeting them," the network said in a statement on Wednesday. Six buildings destroyed in Beirut, …

From pager blasts to Nasrallah’s killing: 12 days that transformed a bloody conflict
2 months, 3 weeks ago

From pager blasts to Nasrallah’s killing: 12 days that transformed a bloody conflict

NPR  

From pager blasts to Nasrallah’s killing: 12 days that transformed a bloody conflict toggle caption Mahmous Zayyat/AFP via Getty Images Israel announced on Saturday that it had killed Hassan Nasrallah, the longtime leader of Hezbollah, in a powerful series of airstrikes that rocked Beirut on Friday evening. toggle caption Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty Images Sept. 18: A fresh wave of …

Senior Hezbollah commander killed following Israeli airstrike in southern Beirut
3 months ago

Senior Hezbollah commander killed following Israeli airstrike in southern Beirut

CNN  

Beirut, Lebanon CNN — A deadly Israeli airstrike on Hezbollah’s stronghold in southern Beirut on Friday has left at least 31 people dead including a high-ranking Hezbollah commander, a major to a blow for a group already reeling from attacks from Israel. Hezbollah confirmed Aqil’s death, saying he was killed “following a treacherous Israeli assassination operation.” Aqil had a $7 …

8 killed, over 2,800 wounded in pager explosions in Lebanon
3 months ago

8 killed, over 2,800 wounded in pager explosions in Lebanon

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-09-18 09:11 A man's bag explodes in a supermarket in Beirut, Lebanon September 17, 2024 in this screen grab from a video obtained from social media. Social Media/via REUTERS BEIRUT -- Eight people were killed, and over 2,800 others, including Hezbollah members, were wounded on Tuesday in different areas of Lebanon as their pagers exploded, said Lebanese …

Young Palestinian journalist who reported on Gaza’s destruction now continues education in Lebanon
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Young Palestinian journalist who reported on Gaza’s destruction now continues education in Lebanon

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — A young Palestinian journalist whose coverage of the widespread destruction and humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip went viral now watches the war from afar in Lebanon. “You’re a journalist and a Palestinian human witnessing it,” Alaqad told the AP, sitting in the patio of one of those cafes, wearing a black and white traditional keffiyeh scarf. “Instead …

Two Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Two Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza

The Independent  

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Al-Jazeera says two of its journalists killed in Israeli strike in Gaza
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Al-Jazeera says two of its journalists killed in Israeli strike in Gaza

Associated Press  

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Two Al-Jazeera reporters were killed in an Israeli strike in northern Gaza on Wednesday, the satellite news network said, the latest Palestinian journalists working with the Qatari network to be killed in the war-torn enclave. The two journalists had been reporting together at the Shati Refugee Camp, the birthplace of slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh who …

Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza

CNN  

CNN — Two Al Jazeera correspondents were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Al-Shati refugee camp, northern Gaza, on Wednesday, sparking condemnation from advocacy groups and highlighting the dangers for local reporters covering the horrors of Israel’s offensive. Al Jazeera condemned what it claimed was the “targeted assassination” of its journalists by Israeli forces, claiming the attack was “part of …

Lebanese journalist wounded in Israeli strike carries Olympic torch
5 months ago

Lebanese journalist wounded in Israeli strike carries Olympic torch

Al Jazeera  

A Reuters journalist was killed and six journalists from AFP, Reuters and Al Jazeera were injured in the October attack. A Lebanese photojournalist who was severely wounded during an Israeli strike in south Lebanon has carried the Olympic torch in Paris to honour the journalists wounded and killed in the field. “I wish I could have honoured journalists this way …

Five journalists killed as Israel steps up bombardment across Gaza
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Five journalists killed as Israel steps up bombardment across Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Journalist couple Amjad Jahjouh and Wafa Abu Dabaan and their children were killed in a strike on the Nuseirat camp. At least five journalists were killed in attacks by Israeli forces in the last 24 hours in Gaza as bombings and air strikes across the besieged enclave intensified. On Saturday, Gaza’s Government Media Office said separate Israeli strikes killed three …

Lebanon security source says 4 Hezbollah dead in Israeli strike
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Lebanon security source says 4 Hezbollah dead in Israeli strike

The Hindu  

A Lebanese security source said four Hezbollah members were killed in an Israeli strike on a vehicle in the country's south, the latest such raid in months of cross-border hostilities. Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement began attacking Israel in support of ally Hamas a day after the Palestinian militant group's unprecedented October 7 attack on Israel that sparked war in the …

‘Shame on you’: Pro-Palestine protest at White House correspondents’ dinner
7 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Shame on you’: Pro-Palestine protest at White House correspondents’ dinner

Al Jazeera  

The US president offers a toast to ‘press freedom and democracy’ around the world but fails to mention the killings of many Palestinian journalists since October. Activists in the United States demanding an end to Israel’s war on Gaza have rallied outside a hotel hosting the annual White House correspondent’s dinner, condemning President Joe Biden for his support of the …

Watching the watchdogs: Israel’s attacks on journalists are backfiring
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Watching the watchdogs: Israel’s attacks on journalists are backfiring

Al Jazeera  

For the past six months, Israel has put a lot of effort into covering up its genocidal crimes in Gaza. It is generating greater global attention and media coverage of the assassinations of Palestinian journalists along with demands for Israeli political and legal accountability, which increased after the International Court of Justice proclaimed that Israel is “plausibly” carrying out genocidal …

Syria reports Israeli airstrikes near the city of Aleppo. A war monitor says 44 people are dead
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Syria reports Israeli airstrikes near the city of Aleppo. A war monitor says 44 people are dead

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — The Syrian army says Israeli airstrikes on Friday near the northern city of Aleppo killed or wounded “a number of” people and caused damage. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said Israeli strikes hit missile depots for Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group in Aleppo’s southern suburb of Jibreen, near the Aleppo International Airport, and …

Israeli strike killed ‘clearly identifiable’ reporter in Lebanon: UN probe
9 months, 1 week ago

Israeli strike killed ‘clearly identifiable’ reporter in Lebanon: UN probe

Al Jazeera  

An Israeli tank killed Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah in Lebanon last year by firing two 120mm rounds at a group of “clearly identifiable journalists” in violation of international law, a United Nations investigation into the October 13 incident has found. “The firing at civilians, in this instance clearly identifiable journalists, constitutes a violation of UNSCR 1701 and international law,” the …

Israeli tank ‘likely’ fired machinegun at journalists near Lebanon border
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Israeli tank ‘likely’ fired machinegun at journalists near Lebanon border

Al Jazeera  

The attack on October 13 killed a Reuters reporter and injured six others, including two Al Jazeera journalists. An Israeli tank crew “likely” opened machinegun fire on an identifiable group of journalists near the border with Lebanon who were also targetted by shelling, a new report has found. “It is considered a likely scenario that a Merkava tank, after firing …

Israel escalates its criticism of a UN agency in Gaza. It says 450 of its workers are militants
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel escalates its criticism of a UN agency in Gaza. It says 450 of its workers are militants

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israel ramped up its criticism of the embattled U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees Monday, saying 450 of its employees were members of militant groups in the Gaza Strip, though it provided no evidence to back up its accusation. Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the agency known as UNRWA, told a press conference late Monday that he “has never …

99 journalists killed in 2023, 72 in Gaza war: report
10 months, 1 week ago

99 journalists killed in 2023, 72 in Gaza war: report

The Hindu  

Seventy-two of the 99 journalists killed in 2023 were killed in the Israel-Hamas war, making the last 12 months the deadliest for the media in almost a decade, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on February 15. "In December 2023, CPJ reported that more journalists were killed in the first three months of the Israel-Gaza war than have ever been …

Nearly 75% of journalists killed in 2023 died in Israel’s war on Gaza: CPJ
10 months, 1 week ago

Nearly 75% of journalists killed in 2023 died in Israel’s war on Gaza: CPJ

Al Jazeera  

Committee to Protect Journalists says of the 99 journalists killed globally last year, 72 were Palestinians. “In December 2023, CPJ reported that more journalists were killed in the first three months of the Israel-Gaza war than have ever been killed in a single country over an entire year,” the organisation said. On February 7, the New York-based press freedom organisation …

Israeli army appears to change tack on strike that killed Gaza journalists
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Israeli army appears to change tack on strike that killed Gaza journalists

Al Jazeera  

Al Jazeera journalists Hamza Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya were killed in a targeted strike on their car in Khan Younis. The Israeli military has seemingly walked back its justification for targeting a vehicle in Gaza last week, killing two Al Jazeera journalists, United States broadcaster NBC reported. Hamza Dahdouh, the eldest son of Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief Wael Dahdouh, …

Gaza media office says 100 journalists killed since Israeli attacks began
1 year ago

Gaza media office says 100 journalists killed since Israeli attacks began

Al Jazeera  

Palestinian journalist Muhammed Abu Hweidy latest to be killed in Israeli attack on his home in the east of Gaza City. At least 100 journalists have been killed since Israel’s war on Gaza began on October 7, according to new figures released by the government media office in Gaza. Palestinian journalist Muhammed Abu Hweidy was the latest to be killed …

Is Israel targeting journalists and their families in Gaza? ‘Apparent pattern…’
1 year ago

Is Israel targeting journalists and their families in Gaza? ‘Apparent pattern…’

Hindustan Times  

The Committee to Protect Journalists accused Israeli military of targeting journalists and their families in Gaza. The New York-based CPJ said as per Guardian that at least 68 journalists had been killed in Gaza, Israel and southern Lebanon since Hamas' October 7 attack in which 1,200 Israelis died. In at least two other cases, journalists reported receiving threats from Israeli …

Israel-Hamas war 'most dangerous ever' for journalists: Rights group
1 year ago

Israel-Hamas war 'most dangerous ever' for journalists: Rights group

Hindustan Times  

The first 10 weeks of the Israel-Gaza war have been the deadliest recorded for journalists, with the most journalists killed in a single year in one location, the U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists said on Thursday. Four Israeli and three Lebanese journalists, including Reuters visuals journalist Issam Abdallah, were also killed between Oct. 7 and Dec. 20, CPJ data showed. …

Israel’s war on Gaza deadliest in modern history for journalists, CPJ says
1 year ago

Israel’s war on Gaza deadliest in modern history for journalists, CPJ says

Al Jazeera  

The Committee to Protect Journalists says concentration of reporters killed in Gaza ‘unparalleled’ in the group’s history. As Israeli forces pound the Gaza Strip, journalists are being killed at a rate with no parallel in modern history, a press freedom watchdog says. “More journalists have been killed in the first 10 weeks of the Israel-Gaza war than have ever been …

Opinion: With nearly 70 journalists killed, who will be left to cover the Gaza war?
1 year ago

Opinion: With nearly 70 journalists killed, who will be left to cover the Gaza war?

LA Times  

A mural of slain of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen abu Akleh in Gaza City in May 2022. International journalists, including myself, assembled in tents at El Arish crossing, on the Egyptian-Palestinian border, hoping to directly cover the news in the Gaza Strip. In fact, faced with this terrible number of journalist deaths, on Dec.15, five U.S. senators wrote a letter …

Journalists’ deaths surge in Gaza but global 2023 toll drops, watchdog says
1 year ago

Journalists’ deaths surge in Gaza but global 2023 toll drops, watchdog says

Al Jazeera  

Reporters Without Borders says journalists paying ‘heavy price’ in Gaza, where 13 have been killed on the job this year. Forty-five journalists were killed while on the job in the first 11 months of the year, media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders has said, noting that it was a decline from last year’s worldwide total despite the deadly toll of …

Journalists' rights group counts 94 media workers killed worldwide, most at an alarming rate in Gaza
1 year ago

Journalists' rights group counts 94 media workers killed worldwide, most at an alarming rate in Gaza

The Hindu  

A leading organisation representing journalists worldwide expressed deep concern Friday at the number of media professionals killed around the globe doing their jobs in 2023, with Israel's war with Hamas claiming more journalists than any conflict in over 30 years. In its annual count of media worker deaths, the International Federation of Journalists said 94 journalists had been killed so …

Journalists’ rights group counts 94 media workers killed this year, most of them in Gaza
1 year ago

Journalists’ rights group counts 94 media workers killed this year, most of them in Gaza

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — A leading organization representing journalists worldwide expressed deep concern Friday at the number of media professionals killed around the globe doing their jobs in 2023, with Israel’s war with Hamas claiming more journalists than any conflict in over 30 years. The group said 68 journalists had been killed covering the Israeli-Hamas war since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. …

Blinken urges Israel to finish probe into killing of journalist in Lebanon
1 year ago

Blinken urges Israel to finish probe into killing of journalist in Lebanon

Al Jazeera  

Blinken’s comments come after rights groups say Israel should be investigated over possible war crime. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged Israel to conclude and release the findings of a probe into artillery strikes that killed a journalist and wounded six others in Lebanon. Blinken’s comments came after separate investigations by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and …

Israel: Journalist killed in Lebanon was in ‘active combat zone’
1 year ago

Israel: Journalist killed in Lebanon was in ‘active combat zone’

Al Jazeera  

Rights groups say the Israeli strike that killed a Reuters reporter and injured six others must be investigated as a war crime. Israel has said that a journalist killed by its military forces in southern Lebanon was “in an active combat zone”. Appearing to dismiss calls for a war crime investigation into the death of a Reuters journalist and injury …

Journalists’ rights group counts 94 media workers killed worldwide, mostly in Gaza
1 year ago

Journalists’ rights group counts 94 media workers killed worldwide, mostly in Gaza

LA Times  

Journalists observe as a Palestinian man wounded in Israeli bombardment is brought to a hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip. A leading organization representing journalists worldwide expressed deep concern Friday at the number of media professionals killed around the globe doing their jobs in 2023, with Israel’s war against Hamas claiming more journalists than any conflict in more than …

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