UNIFIL: Israeli tank shooting killed Reuters reporter

According to Al-Mayadeen, UNIFIL announced that Essam Abdullah, a Lebanese Reuters reporter, was killed by two 120mm bullets from an Israeli tank last October 13 (21 Mehr). is.

According to the results of the investigation conducted by UNIFIL, an Israeli tank fired at a group that was clearly journalists, and this journalist was killed.

This investigation also shows that, 40 minutes before the Israeli tank fired at the journalists’ location, no exchange of fire or conflict was recorded in this part of the border strip.

UNIFEL announced: According to Security Council Resolution 1701, shooting at civilians and especially journalists whose identities are completely recognizable is a violation of international law and our assessment proves that there was no conflict at the time of this incident. It was not in the blue line and the reason for shooting at the journalists is unclear.

In this incident, Essam Abdullah was killed by a bullet from the Zionist regime tank and 6 other journalists were injured.

Meanwhile, Alessandra Galloni, the senior editor of Reuters, asked Tel Aviv to explain the cause of the attack and punish the perpetrators.

Meanwhile, two well-informed sources told Reuters that the UNIFIL investigation report was sent to the UN headquarters in New York on February 28 (March 9), and a copy of it was also given to the Lebanese army and the Zionist regime.

Since the beginning of the Gaza war, 133 members of the media have been martyred by the Zionist regime.

Not long ago, the Minister of International Cooperation of Qatar, Lulu Al-Khater, expressed his regret for the actions of the Israeli military in targeting journalists and said: Israel has set a record in targeting journalists and killing them.

Source: IRNA