At least one journalist was killed and three others were injured this Friday in a bombardment by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, where there has been an increase in violence since last Sunday.
Rockets fell at the end of the afternoon in an area where a group of journalists from at least three different media outlets were located, in the border village of Aalma ech Chaab.
Two of the journalists injured when their vehicle was hit were an Al-Jazeera correspondent and an image reporter, the television network reported, identifying them as Karmen Bakhindar and Eli Brakhia, respectively.
Meanwhile, the British news agency Reuters issued a statement identifying the dead journalist as its video operator Issam Abdallah, a member of the agency’s team in southern Lebanon that was broadcasting live, and expressing “deep regret” over his death.
“We are urgently seeking more information, working with authorities in the region and supporting Issam’s family and colleagues. Our thoughts are with his family at this terrible time,” the company wrote in the statement.
Reuters also indicated that two other of its journalists, Thaer Al-Sudani and Maher Nazeh, “also suffered injuries and are trying to get medical attention,” making four journalists injured and not three, as previously reported.
The Lebanese National News Agency (ANN) reported that Israel attacked several points this Friday afternoon in the area between the southern towns of Al Dhahira and Aalma ech Chaab, where exchanges of fire also took place.
Since last Sunday, that border area has been the scene of a series of crossed attacks between Israeli troops, the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah and Palestinian factions.
In this context, the Jewish State attacked Lebanese territory with artillery, aerial bombardments and, according to the non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW), also with phosphorus bombs, while Hezbollah fired several missiles towards northern Israel and Palestinian fighters carried out an attack. cross-border incursion, in addition to rocket launches.
All of this is part of the ongoing war between Israel and the militias of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, in power since 2007 in the Gaza Strip, in which Hezbollah has threatened to participate directly “if circumstances so require.”
Source: TSF
