US EditionLebanon: Missile Lands Next to Presenter During Live Report
RT journalist Steve Sweeney and cameraman Ali Rida were wounded by shrapnel in a missile strike near Al-Qasmiya Bridge amid rising Israeli operations in southern Lebanon.
- On Thursday, British journalist Steve Sweeney and cameraman Ali Rida were injured by shrapnel when an Israeli airstrike struck near Al-Qasmiya Bridge in southern Lebanon where they were reporting.
- Rida accused Israeli forces of 'deliberately' targeting the crew despite their clearly marked 'PRESS' vests, though the strike occurred near a local military base Israel claims is used by Hezbollah.
- The Israeli Defence Force stated it issued an 'explicit warning' and targeted the area after 'sufficient time had passed,' while Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova condemned the strike as 'not accidental.'
- Israeli ground operations have displaced more than 1 million Lebanese citizens, roughly 20% of the population, with at least 886 people killed since March 2, including 111 children, per United Nations data.
- This incident has intensified international scrutiny of Israel's conduct toward press crews, as the Committee to Protect Journalists reports Israel has committed more targeted killings of journalists than any other government military since 1992.
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A dramatic video from southern Lebanon has sparked international outrage after a missile strike landed dangerously close to journalists from RT. Footage shows reporters scrambling for cover as explosions erupt nearby, with crew members—including a cameraman—injured by shrapnel during the strike. Russia has strongly condemned the incident, with officials linked to Russian Foreign Ministry suggesting the attack may not have been accidental. Moscow…
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An attack by Israel in southern Lebanon nearly killed two reporters from the Russian newspaper RT. As can be seen from the record, British journalist Steve Sweeney and the cameraman accompanying him were hit by the shards that left the explosion.
The journalist of the Russian network RT, Steve Sweeney, has reacted to the attack that he himself and a camera have suffered on Thursday while recording in the vicinity of a military base in southern Lebanon, reporting about the Israeli bombings on bridges in that area. "It has been an intentional attack on journalists, it has not been a mistake," Sweeney has accused about the incident, in which an Israeli missile has fallen just a few meters f…
On Thursday, Moscow condemned a strike that injured two journalists of the Russian TV station RT in southern Lebanon, believing that it was not "accidental", while Israel was conducting a military operation in that area.
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