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Israel: Journalist killed in Lebanon was in ‘active combat zone’

The camera that belonged to journalist Issam Abdallah, who was killed on October 13 by what a Reuters investigation found was shelling by an Israeli tank crew [Emilie Madi/Reuters]

Israel has said that a journalist killed by its military forces in southern Lebanon was “in an active combat zone”.

Appearing to dismiss calls for a war crime investigation into the death of a Reuters journalist and injury of six others under fire from its tanks in October, the Israeli army said on Friday that the incident is under review, but noted that the reporters had placed themselves in a “dangerous” area.

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