Rights groups say Israeli strikes on journalists in Lebanon were likely deliberate

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Source: Associated Press

Rights groups say Israeli strikes on journalists in Lebanon were likely deliberate

BY BASSEM MROUE
Updated 8:27 AM EST, December 7, 2023

BEIRUT (AP) — Two Israeli strikes that killed a Reuters videographer and wounded six other journalists in south Lebanon nearly two months ago were apparently deliberate and a direct attack on civilians, two international human rights groups said Thursday.

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said that the strikes should be investigated as a war crime. Their findings were released simultaneously with similar investigations by Reuters and Agence France-Presse.

Israeli officials have said that they don’t deliberately target journalists.

The investigations by the rights groups found that two strikes 37 seconds apart targeted the group of journalists near the village of Alma al-Shaab on Oct. 13.

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