US EditionLebanon: Missile Lands Next to Presenter During Live Report
RT journalist Steve Sweeney and cameraman Ali Rida were wounded by shrapnel in a missile strike near Al-Qasmiya Bridge amid rising Israeli operations in southern Lebanon.
- On Thursday, British journalist Steve Sweeney and cameraman Ali Rida were injured by shrapnel when an Israeli airstrike struck near Al-Qasmiya Bridge in southern Lebanon where they were reporting.
- Rida accused Israeli forces of 'deliberately' targeting the crew despite their clearly marked 'PRESS' vests, though the strike occurred near a local military base Israel claims is used by Hezbollah.
- The Israeli Defence Force stated it issued an 'explicit warning' and targeted the area after 'sufficient time had passed,' while Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova condemned the strike as 'not accidental.'
- Israeli ground operations have displaced more than 1 million Lebanese citizens, roughly 20% of the population, with at least 886 people killed since March 2, including 111 children, per United Nations data.
- This incident has intensified international scrutiny of Israel's conduct toward press crews, as the Committee to Protect Journalists reports Israel has committed more targeted killings of journalists than any other government military since 1992.
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On 19 March, two journalists from Russia Today were targeted by an Israeli army strike, in conflict with Iran's pro Hezbollah. CPJ strongly condemns this action.
10 Photos of British Journalist Steve Sweeney Injured in Alleged Targeted Israeli Airstrike in Southern Lebanon
Steve Sweeney, a British journalist and Lebanon bureau chief for the Russian state broadcaster Russia Today (RT), narrowly survived an alleged targeted Israeli airstrike in Southern Lebanon. He was reporting on the Al-Qasmiya Bridge over the Litani River with his cameraman on Thursday, 19 March when an explosion erupted, leaving both media workers with shrapnel injuries. The video appears to show a missile landed just meters away from where Swee…
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Source link Editor’s Note: Be aware of language in embedded video. Dramatic footage captured by an RT reporter and cameraman on Thursday shows an Israeli strike exploding just behind them. Reporter Steven Sweeney and his cameraman Ali Rida were injured by an Israeli strike outside Mazraat Bsaileh near the Al-Qasmiya Bridge in southern Lebanon, according to
RT International correspondent Steve Sweeney reported that "it was a deliberate and targeted attack on journalists."
Russian state media reporter, cameraman injured in Israeli strike in Lebanon
A British reporter for RT, the Russian state-backed television network, and his cameraman were injured in an Israeli strike while filming in southern Lebanon, according to the outlet. The strike happened near the Qasmiya crossing in southern Lebanon, north of the coastal city of Tyre, as RT correspondent Steve Sweeney and cameraman Ali Rida were filming in the area, according to RT and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). CPJ, a New York-…
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