BEIRUT, Lebanon - A Reuters journalist was killed Friday and six others from AFP, Reuters and Al Jazeera were wounded while working in southern Lebanon, the three news organizations said.
BEIRUT, Lebanon - A Reuters journalist was killed Friday and six others from AFP, Reuters and Al Jazeera were wounded while working in southern Lebanon, the three news organizations said.A group of journalists from different media outlets was near the village of Alma al-Shaab, close to the border with Israel, when they were caught up in cross-border shelling, one of the two wounded AFP correspondents said.
Two other Reuters reporters,"Thaer Al-Sudani and Maher Nazeh also sustained injuries and are seeking medical care," Reuters said, adding it was"urgently seeking more information". The Israeli army had said in a statement not long before the journalists were hit:"A short while ago, a blast occurred on the border fence in Hanita ," referring to a point in Israel just across the border from Alma al-Shaab.
The army also said that an"unidentified target crossed into Israeli territory from Lebanese territory and was successfully intercepted by air defence fighters". "The potential for this escalation to spiral out of control is clear, and it must be halted," the force warned in a statement.In 2006, Israel and Hezbollah fought a bloody conflict which left more than 1,200 dead in Lebanon, mostly civilians, and 160 in Israel, mostly soldiers.
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