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CPJ: Israel’s ‘mistake’ claim fails to justify deadly October 2023 attack on Lebanon journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists rejects comments by Israel’s ambassador to France, Joshua Laurent Zarka, characterizing the October 13, 2023 Israeli strikes that killed Reuters video journalist Issam Abdallah and injured six other journalists a “mistake.”
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(Photos: Reuters/Issam Abdallah, Reuters/Thaer Al-Sudani)
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