\n The Committee to Protect Journalists accused Israel of a lack of accountability Thursday over the killing of a Reuters journalist and the wounding of six other reporters including two AFP staff a year after the incident.\n<\/p>\n
\n The CPJ said the absence of serious investigations into what independent probes conclude was the firing by Israel of tank shells at a group of seven journalists in southern Lebanon gave Israel's forces license to do it again.\n<\/p>\n
\n \"A year later, Israel still has not confirmed if it has even completed a preliminary investigation into the attack,\" the CPJ said in a report to mark the anniversary of the deadly incident.\n<\/p>\n
\n \"The North America Media Desk of the Israel Defense Forces told CPJ in an email that the military used tank and artillery fire on October 13 to prevent a suspected 'terrorist infiltration,' and the incident was 'under review'.\"\n<\/p>\n
\n The attack killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and wounded six other journalists including AFP photographer Christina Assi and video journalist Dylan Collins. Christina had a leg amputated and spent five months in intensive care in hospital.\n<\/p>\n
\n Independent investigations by rights groups concluded, like an AFP investigation, that the first strike that killed Abdallah and severely wounded Assi was most likely a tank round fired from Israel.\n<\/p>\n
\n Two strikes hit the group of journalists in quick succession as they were working near the border village of Alma al-Shaab in an area that sees the Israeli army and armed Lebanese and Palestinian groups engage in near-daily clashes.\n<\/p>\n
\n CPJ chief executive Jodie Ginsberg said that \"in spite of extensive evidence of a war crime, a year on from the attack, Israel has faced zero accountability for the targeting of journalists.\"\n<\/p>\n
\n \"With over two decades of targeted attacks on journalists without any consequences, the Israeli military has been granted license to continue this deadly pattern,\" she added.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Israeli military did not respond to a new AFP request for comment.\n<\/p>\n
\n An Israeli military spokesman said after the strike: \"We are very sorry for the journalist's death\", adding that Israel was \"looking into\" the incident, without taking responsibility.\n<\/p>\n
\n The CPJ documents over 970 journalists worldwide murdered for doing their job since 1992.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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