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Tuesday, December 12, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
France calls for probe into death of Lebanese journalist in apparent Israeli shelling
A journalist's car burns after it was allegedly hit by Israeli shelling in the Alma al-Shaab border village with Israel, south Lebanon, October 13, 2023. (Hassan Ammar/AP)
France says “all light” must be shed on the strike in southern Lebanon on October 13 that killed a Reuters journalist and injured six others, including two from AFP.
“All light must be shed on this tragedy,” a French foreign ministry statement says, adding that international humanitarian law obliged warring parties to “protect civilians, and in particular journalists, who must be able to exercise their profession freely and in complete safety.”
An investigation by Agence France-Presse published on December 7 into the strike pointed to a tank shell only used by the Israeli army in the high-tension border region.
The IDF has expressed sorrow for the death of the journalist, but not confirmed it was behind the strike.
