Jessica Corbett is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.
With at least 79 Palestinian, Israel i, and Lebanese members of the media killed during Israel 's war on the Gaza Strip over the past few months, half a dozen human rights and press freedom groups on Wednesday implored U.S. President Joe Biden to 'act immediately and decisively to promote the conditions for safe and unrestricted reporting on the hostilities.
Yet credible reports by human rights and media organizations indicate that the IDF strikes in southern Lebanon on October 13 that killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and injured six other journalists from Reuters, Al Jazeera, and Agence France-Presse were unlawful and apparently deliberate.' 'The IDF has also acknowledged deliberately targeting a car in which journalists were traveling on January 7, killing two journalists and seriously injuring a third,' the letter continues.
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