Israeli Tank Kills Reuters Journalist in Combat Zone

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Israeli Tank Kills Reuters Journalist in Combat Zone
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An investigation by Reuters has found that a journalist from their news service, Issam Abdallah, was killed by an Israeli tank crew while covering the war between Israel and Hamas in Lebanon. The investigation, which included analysis of footage and interviews with officials, concluded that the tank crew was responsible for the journalist's death and the injury of six other reporters. The Israel Defense Forces denied targeting journalists, but the findings were supported by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, both of which called for an investigation into the incident as a possible war crime.

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