{"id":15057,"date":"2023-10-17T11:19:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T11:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/reuters-demands-swift-israeli-probe-into-journalists-death\/"},"modified":"2023-10-17T11:19:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T11:19:05","slug":"reuters-demands-swift-israeli-probe-into-journalists-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/reuters-demands-swift-israeli-probe-into-journalists-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Reuters demands \u2018swift\u2019 Israeli probe into journalist\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p><em>Reuters<\/em> has called on Israel to conduct a quick and comprehensive investigation into the cross-border fire that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/amp\/1781278\">killed<\/a> one of its journalists and wounded other reporters in Lebanon last week.<\/p>\n<p>Video journalist Issam Abdallah died and six other journalists were injured \u2014 including two from <em>AFP<\/em> \u2014 in firing near the village of Alma al-Shaab in southern Lebanon on Friday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  w-full  w-full  media--stretch  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1781006\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The journalists believe they were hit by fire coming from the Israeli side of the border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am reiterating my call to the Israeli authorities, who have said they are investigating, to conduct a swift, thorough and transparent probe into what happened,\u201d <em>Reuters<\/em> Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni said in a video posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy transparent, I mean an investigation with clear evidence and explanation, and I also reiterate my call to the Israeli Defence Forces for clarity regarding the terms of engagement in this conflict,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli-Lebanese border has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1781279\">rocked<\/a> by violence since Hamas fighters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1779807\">killed<\/a> over 1,400 Israelis in its October 7 offensive on Israel, sparking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1781216\">retaliatory<\/a> bombing of Gaza that has killed over 2,800 people there.<\/p>\n<p>Clashes have left more than 10 people dead on the Lebanese side, including a <em>Reuters<\/em> journalist and two civilians. On the Israeli side, at least two people have been killed.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s military announced on Saturday that it was \u201clooking into\u201d the circumstances of the fatal strike that killed Abdallah, without taking responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>The Lebanese army said in a <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/israeli-military-examining-death-reuters-journalist-lebanon-2023-10-14\/\">statement<\/a> that his death was caused by a rocket shell fired by Israel. Lebanon\u2019s foreign ministry also blamed Israel, labelling the strike a \u201cdeliberate killing\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also ask Lebanon, which has said that it has gathered evidence on the attack, and any other authority with information to provide it,\u201d said Galloni.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI urge all parties in this conflict to respect and work with all media to ensure the safety of journalists reporting in the region,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Galloni paid tribute to Abdallah, calling him an \u201cexperienced, talented and passionate journalist\u201d who was \u201cjust doing his job\u201d when he was killed.<\/p>\n<p><em>AFP<\/em> has urged both Israeli and Lebanese authorities to conduct \u201can in-depth investigation and provide well-documented, clear, and transparent answers\u201d to the strike.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reuters has called on Israel to conduct a quick and comprehensive investigation into the cross-border fire that killed one of its journalists and wounded other reporters in Lebanon last week. Video journalist Issam Abdallah died and six other journalists were injured \u2014 including two from AFP \u2014 in firing near the village of Alma al-Shaab [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2023\/10\/17154830047c031.jpg?r=154902","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}