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Journalist Issam Abdallah who died in Lebanon was "explicitly targeted", Reporters Without Borders says

rsf.org RSF video investigation into the death of Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah in Lebanon: the journalists' vehicle was explicitly targeted

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has released a video reconstruction of the tragedy that resulted in the death of one journalist and the injury of several others. The initial findings of the investigation show that the reporters were not collateral victims of the shooting. One of their vehicles, mark...

RSF video investigation into the death of Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah in Lebanon: the journalists' vehicle was explicitly targeted

Blamed for the incident on 13 October when a bombing raid claimed the life of Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah by various witnesses, the Israeli army immediately declared that it was "sorry" and that it was “looking into it.”

A week after the events, Reporters Without Borders is reconstructing what may have happened between 4.45pm, the time of the first images collected, and around 6pm, the time of the death of Issam Abdallah, aged 37, in Alma el-Chaab, southern Lebanon.

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