Israel tank fire killed journalist in Lebanon: Reuters probe
Two Israeli tank rounds were used in the attack that killed a Reuters journalist and wounded six others in southern Lebanon on October 13, an investigation published Thursday by the news agency found.
Issam Abdallah, 37, was killed instantly in the incident. The others present — two other Reuters journalists, two from Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera, and two from AFP — were all injured.
AFP photographer Christina Assi, 28, was seriously wounded, later had a leg amputated and is still in hospital.
An AFP investigation conducted with Airwars, an NGO that investigates attacks on civilians in conflict situations, showed that the first strike involved a 120-mm tank shell only used by the Israeli army in this region.
Amnesty and Human Rights Watch also concluded that the first strike that killed Abdallah and severely wounded Assi was most likely a tank round fired from Israel.
For its investigation, Reuters worked with the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), an independent research institute which works with the Dutch defence ministry.
Israel tank fire killed journalist in Lebanon: Reuters probe
Two Israeli tank rounds were used in the attack that killed a Reuters journalist and wounded six others in southern Lebanon on October 13, an investigation published Thursday by the news agency found.
Issam Abdallah, 37, was killed instantly in the incident. The others present — two other Reuters journalists, two from Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera, and two from AFP — were all injured.
AFP photographer Christina Assi, 28, was seriously wounded, later had a leg amputated and is still in hospital.
An AFP investigation conducted with Airwars, an NGO that investigates attacks on civilians in conflict situations, showed that the first strike involved a 120-mm tank shell only used by the Israeli army in this region.
Amnesty and Human Rights Watch also concluded that the first strike that killed Abdallah and severely wounded Assi was most likely a tank round fired from Israel.
For its investigation, Reuters worked with the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), an independent research institute which works with the Dutch defence ministry.
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