{"id":1284088,"date":"2023-10-21T09:54:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T09:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?p=94844"},"modified":"2023-10-21T09:54:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T09:54:31","slug":"rsf-condemns-middle-east-bloody-week-with-seven-journalists-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/10\/21\/rsf-condemns-middle-east-bloody-week-with-seven-journalists-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"RSF condemns Middle East \u2018bloody week\u2019 with seven journalists killed"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pacific Media Watch<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Israeli authorities to end military pactices that “violate international law” with the deaths of civilians, including journalists.<\/p>\n This came in the wake of seven journalists being killed by Israeli security forces in the space of a week — six in the besieged Gaza Strip and the seventh in Lebanon.<\/p>\n \u201cWe’re stunned by this sad record of seven journalists killed in seven days during this bloody week, as a result of Israel’s indiscriminate response to the horrific massacre committed by Hamas,\u201d said Christophe Deloire, the secretary-general of RSF, in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n On Saturday, 14 October 2023, reporter Issam Abdallah<\/strong> was buried in the Lebanese town of El Khayam, where he was born and grew up.<\/p>\n The videographer was killed the day before while reporting for the British news agency Reuters with several colleagues.<\/p>\n The group of journalists, clearly identifiable according to several sources, was stationed near Alma al Chaab, in southern Lebanon on the border with Israel, to cover the clashes between Israeli military forces and those of the Islamist armed group Hezbollah in Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n