Israel continues policy of assassinating journalists and attacking ambulances

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The job of a journalist is to show what's happening. Israel considers the truth so dreadful that it must stop it getting out at all costs (to the journalists).

"The Lebanese health ministry said the IDF "pursued" Khalil and Faraj, "who had taken refuge from the first raid in a nearby house, targeting the house where they had sought shelter".

When a Lebanese Red Cross ambulance arrived to treat the wounded, Israeli forces directed a stun grenade and gunfire toward it, preventing it from reaching them, the ministry said in a statement.

"This constitutes a blatant double violation: obstructing the rescue efforts of a citizen known for her civic media activism, and targeting an ambulance clearly marked with the Red Cross emblem," the health ministry said.

Clayton Weimer, the executive director of Reporters Without Borders, said the IDF had received messages from the organisation, as well as journalists, asking that it allow ambulances to get to Khalil.

"The Red Cross signalled they were unable to get through because of ongoing Israeli bombardment. So that is callous disregard, on top of what appears to be a deliberate and targeted killing of a journalist."

BBC.com
 
"In 2024, Khalil said had been the target of an "Israeli death threat" that warned her to leave southern Lebanon, local media , externalreported, external. CPJ said the report raised "serious concerns of deliberate targeting".

Earlier this month, two journalists were killed in separate Israeli strikes in Lebanon - Ghada Dayekh, a presenter with privately-owned radio station Sawt al-Farah, and Suzan Khalil, a reporter and presenter on Al-Manar TV, which is affiliated with the armed group Hezbollah.

Last month, three Lebanese journalists were killed in a targeted Israeli strike in the town of Jezzine, their employers said.

Ali Shoeib, a reporter for Hezbollah-affiliated Al Manar TV, and reporter Fatima Ftouni and her brother, cameraman Mohamed Ftouni, both from Al Mayadeen channel, were killed in the strike.

At the time, the IDF confirmed it killed Shoeib and Mohamed Ftouni, describing them as "terrorists" from Hezbollah's military wing, while saying it was aware of reports a female journalist was also killed.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called the killings a "brazen crime" that broke the "most basic rules" of international law by targeting reporters, "who are ultimately civilians performing a professional duty".
 
@highwayman will be along in a minute to tell us that the Israeli army is composed of decent chaps who never commit war crimes.
 

  • Israel accused of targeting journalists again: A Lebanese journalist was killed yesterday after an Israeli airstrike on a house in southern Lebanon, where she had taken cover while reporting on the Israel-Hezbollah war. Amal Khalil's body was only recovered from the rubble hours later, according to rescue workers. The Committee to Protect Journalists said it is "outraged", while Israel said it is investigating.
 
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