The request of human rights organizations to investigate Israel’s war crimes against journalists in southern Lebanon

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, amnesty organizations International and Human Rights Watch conducted separate investigations on the attacks of the Zionist regime against journalists and media members and announced that the Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon resulted in the death of Lebanese photographer and journalist Essam Abdullah and the wounding of 2 other journalists in southern Lebanon on October 13.

Human Rights Watch announced that the two Israeli attacks on journalists in southern Lebanon were deliberate attacks. which means a war crime. The Israeli army knew that it was shooting at civilians.

Amnesty International, for its part, announced that Israel’s attack on journalists in southern Lebanon was a direct attack on civilians and The targeting of journalists on October 13 in Lebanon should be investigated as a war crime.

This organization further emphasized that an independent and impartial investigation should be conducted in this field and Israel cannot kill journalists and not be punished. We found no signs of military presence or military positions in the area of ​​southern Lebanon where Israel targeted journalists.

The assassination of journalists in Gaza and southern Lebanon is one It has been one of the systematic crimes of the Zionist regime since the beginning of the Gaza war, and the Zionists have launched a massive campaign to kill members of the media in order to prevent the disclosure of their crimes in the world. In addition to Essam Abdullah, a few weeks ago Farah Omar, a reporter, and Rabi al-Maamari, a cameraman of Al-Mayadeen network, were also martyred in southern Lebanon due to the aggression of the Zionist regime.

Palestinian sources also reported that 74 members of the media have been martyred since the beginning of the aggression of the occupying regime in the Gaza Strip.

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