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British journalist accuses Israel of trying to kill him after he is nearly blown up in Lebanon
(There's about 10 seconds more lead-in before the strike at the BBC, but I can't embed that: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/ce9mz0gl8z7o )
In the footage of the attack, the journalist is seen wearing a flak jacket with the word “Press” emblazoned on the front as he reports for the Russian state media outlet RT.
Sweeney has disputed initial Israeli claims that they had warned civilians of the air strike, instead suggesting on social media that Israel was trying to “silence journalists” who document “their war crimes”.
Sweeney later spoke on the phone to Lebanese information minister Paul Morcos, claiming the strike was a targeted attack on journalists.
Asked if he thought the strike was deliberately targeted, he said: “Almost certainly. One hundred per cent it was on purpose. They knew that we were on the bridge, they can see, they know everything that happens here in the south [of Lebanon]. They monitor every movement. They knew we were there.”
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/british-journalist-survives-israel-strike-lebanon-rt-idf-b1275675.html
Sweeney has disputed initial Israeli claims that they had warned civilians of the air strike, instead suggesting on social media that Israel was trying to “silence journalists” who document “their war crimes”.
Sweeney later spoke on the phone to Lebanese information minister Paul Morcos, claiming the strike was a targeted attack on journalists.
Asked if he thought the strike was deliberately targeted, he said: “Almost certainly. One hundred per cent it was on purpose. They knew that we were on the bridge, they can see, they know everything that happens here in the south [of Lebanon]. They monitor every movement. They knew we were there.”
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/british-journalist-survives-israel-strike-lebanon-rt-idf-b1275675.html
I don't like people who work for RT, but the guy is standing in rubble next to a field - this is not a military or terrorist target. Russia has summoned the Israeli ambassador in Moscow: https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/artc-russia-calls-on-israel-to-investigate-wounding-of-rt-journalists-in-lebanon
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