Deadly Israeli strike on journalists in Lebanon prompts global condemnation

26/10/2024 7:24

        Three journalists were killed in Lebanon by an Israeli strike on Friday morning, their colleagues said, drawing condemnation from rights advocates about the number of reporters who have lost their lives in the region over the past year.
        
        The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said it "strongly condemned" the attack, urging the international community to "stop Israel's long-standing pattern of impunity in journalist killings."
        
        Israel did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It has previously denied deliberately attacking journalists.
        
        The last year has been the deadliest period for journalists in more than 30 years, CPJ has said, with at least 126 reporters and media workers among nearly 45,000 people killed in Gaza, the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Lebanon.
        
        Two Israeli journalists were killed in the Oct. 7 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel that sparked the war.