A prominent journalists' rights group is calling for international investigations into Israel's pattern of killing journalists amid its assault of Lebanon, saying that the longstanding impunity for Israel's occupation and massacres will only allow it to kill more of the people exposing military violence.
On Friday, Israeli forces bombed a compound housing 18 journalists at around 4 am local time. The journalists had communicated their position to warring parties, meaning that the strike was likely intentional.
'Journalists are civilians, and the international community has an obligation to protect them by making it clear to Israel that their long-standing record of aggression and impunity in journalist killings will not be tolerated,' CPJ Program Director Carlos Martinez de la Serna said.
'International bodies must be given access to conduct independent investigations into these killings. Deadly attacks on journalists, who are protected under international humanitarian law, and obstructions to reporting must immediately stop,' Martinez de la Serna added.
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