Reuters' journalist Issam Abdallah holds a kitten while posing for a picture in Saaideh, Lebanon, July 4, 2023.
An Israeli shell landed among a group of international journalists covering clashes on the border in south Lebanon, killing a Reuters videographer and leaving six other journalists injured.Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah was killed Friday in Lebanon, near the border with Israel, while covering the war between Israel and Hamas.
"We are deeply saddened to tell you that our videographer, Issam Abdallah, has been killed," the Reuters news agency said in a statement. "We are urgently seeking more information, working with authorities in the region and supporting Issam's family and colleagues," Reuters said. "Our deepest condolences go out to those affected, and our thoughts are with their families at this terrible time."
Prime Minister Najib Mikati of Lebanon released a statement condemning Israel's shelling that struck the journalists "during its aggression on southern Lebanon." Later Friday, dozens of Lebanon-based journalists and rights activists gathered outside the National Museum in Beirut to grieve over Abdallah's death and the injury of the journalists.The shelling occurred during an exchange of fire along the Lebanon-Israel border between Israeli troops and members of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group.
"But you know, we're in a state of war, things might happen. We regret them. We feel sorry. And we will investigate it. Right now, it's too early to call what happened there."The Lebanon-Israel border has been witnessing sporadic acts of violence since Saturday's attack by the militant Palestinian group Hamas on southern Israel, which killed more than 1,300 people in Israel. Retaliatory airstrikes by Israel have claimed more than 1,500 lives.
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