A journalist from the news agency Reuters has died and four other reporters have been wounded in a bombing in southern Lebanon during a day of hostilities between the Israeli Army and Lebanese militias, as confirmed by the British media in a statement.
The deceased has been identified as Issam Abdullah camera, who “was part of a Reuters team in southern Lebanon that provided a live signal,” the outlet indicated.
“We are urgently seeking more information, working with the authorities of the region and we support Issam’s family and colleagues. Our thoughts are with his family at this terrible time,” according to the news organization.
Reuters journalists Thaer al Sudani and Maher Nazeh have also been injured and are receiving medical attention, according to the agency, while a spokeswoman for the outlet has limited herself to indicating that The reporter died “from an artillery attack on the Lebanese border with Israel,” reports DPA.
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For its part, the pan-Arab network Al Jazeera has confirmed that two of its reporters, identified as Carmen Youkadar and Eli Brakhia, They have also been injured in this incident, which the network’s management blames on Israel.
The event took place when the vehicle was traveling through the Lebanese town of Alma the Chaeb, scene this afternoon of an exchange of gunfire and artillery between the Israeli Army and “an unidentified party on the Lebanese side”, according to the Lebanese Army, in relation to the Hezbollah militias, which have ultimately claimed responsibility for these attacks.
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Lebanese military sources also confirmed to the Lebanese newspaper ‘L’Orient le Jour’ and the Lebanese TV network LBC Israeli impacts against a military observation tower in the area.
For its part, the Israeli Army has reported in recent hours the first of an explosion that has caused minor damage to a section of the security wall on the border with Lebanon, near the kibbutz of Hanitawhich has led Israeli forces to respond with artillery fire against Lebanon to prevent possible infiltration.