Lebanon accuses Israel of targeting journalist killed in air strike
Lebanon's prime minister accused Israel of war crimes after IDF attacks on Red Cross vehicles also stopped rescuers from reaching the site.
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"Targeting journalists, obstructing access to them by relief teams, and even targeting their locations again after these teams arrive constitutes described war crimes."
— Nawaf Salam , Politician
"Targeting journalists, obstructing access to them by relief teams, and even targeting their locations again after these teams arrive constitutes described war crimes."
— Nawaf Salam , Politician
"Israel's targeting of media workers in the south while they carry out their professional duties is no longer isolated incidents, but has become an established approach that we condemn and reject, as do all international laws and conventions."
— Nawaf Salam , Politician
"Lebanon will spare no effort in pursuing these crimes before the competent international forums."
— Nawaf Salam , Politician
"Targeting journalists, obstructing access to them by relief teams, and even targeting their locations again after these teams arrive constitutes described war crimes."
— Nawaf Salam , Politician
"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."
— Clayton Weimer , Executive
"The repeated strikes on the same location, the targeting of an area where journalists were sheltering, and the obstruction of medical and humanitarian access constitute a grave breach of international humanitarian law."
— Sara Qudah , Executive
"Targeting journalists and obstructing the access of rescue teams to them, and then the renewed targeting of those teams after they’d arrived, constitute described war crimes."
— Nawaf Salam , Politician
Key People
Clayton Weimer is the executive director of Reporters Without Borders.
Lebanese Prime Minister who accused Israel of war crimes regarding the targeting of journalists.
Sara Qudah is the Regional Director for the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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Lebanon's prime minister accused Israel of war crimes after IDF attacks on Red Cross vehicles also stopped rescuers from reaching the site.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam accused Israel of war crimes after an airstrike killed journalist Amal Khalil and wounded another in southern Lebanon.
Lebanon's prime minister has accused Israel of war crimes after Israeli airstrikes killed one journalist and wounded another in southern Lebanon on Wednesday.
Lebanon’s prime minister has accused Israel of war crimes after an airstrike in the south of the country on Wednesday killed one journalist and seriously wounded another.
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