The United Nations said that an Israeli tank fired two shells at a group of international journalists clearly marked as such. This was a violation of international law, a UN investigation reportedly said. The deadly incident happened in Lebanon in mid-October.
The conclusions revealed by Reuters on Wednesday were made in a seven-page report dated February 27th, which the news agency obtained, according to a report by RT. They coincided with what it had found on its own while looking into the death of its employee Issam Abdallah and the injuries of six other journalists, including those working for Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Al Jazeera.
Abdallah, a Reuters photographer, was part of a group of journalists covering the situation from a hill in Lebanon. An Israel Defense Force (IDF) Merkava tank fired two shots at them, the UNIFIL report confirmed. It called the attack a violation of the truce it is mandated to uphold and of international law.
The report was produced by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), the peacekeeper mission deployed on the border between Israel and Lebanon in 2006 as part of a deal that ended the Israeli occupation of the southern part of its neighbor. Tracking and investigating presumed violations of the truce is part of its job.
The attack happened on October 13th, in the early days of Israel’s siege of Gaza in retaliation for a large-scale incursion by the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Tensions ramped up at the Lebanese border as well, with sporadic attacks launched by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Hezbollah militants.
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“The firing at civilians, in this instance clearly identifiable journalists, constitutes a violation of UNSCR 1701 (2006) and international law,” the UNIFIL report said, referring to Security Council resolution 1701.
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