Lebanon Strike: Journalists Explicitly Targeted, Watchdog Reports

Press freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has claimed that the strikes that killed a videographer and injured several journalists in southern Lebanon earlier this month were targeted rather than accidental, and that the journalists were clearly identified as press. RSF's preliminary investigation, based on video evidence and witness testimonies, found that the location where the journalists were standing was explicitly targeted, and they were clearly identifiable as journalists. While there is not enough evidence to say they were targeted specifically because they were journalists, the journalists wore helmets and vests marked "press," and an Israeli Apache helicopter was seen flying over them before the strikes. The Israeli military says the incident is under review.