British stand-up comedian and actor Lee Mack fears the death of the traditional TV sit-com is upon us.
07.12.2023 - 12:39 / deadline.com
A seven-week investigation by Reuters news agency into the death of staff member Issam Abdallah on Lebanon’s southern border with Israel on October 13 has concluded he was killed by Israeli tank fire.
The report, which was released on Thursday, said its examination of the evidence showed that an Israeli tank crew killed Abdallah by firing two shells in quick succession.
Abdallah, who was an experienced Reuters videographer, had travelled to the border with other international TV and agency journalists to cover exchanges of fire between Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and the Israeli army.
The incident, close to the Lebanese village of Alma al-Chaab, happened amid mounting tensions in the area in the wake of Hamas’s terror attack on southern Israel on October 7 and fears that the country faced a similar threat out of Lebanon in the north.
The two strikes also injured another six journalists, two with Reuters, two with Al Jazeera and two with AFP. AFP photographer Christina Assi sustained life-changing injuries. Her left leg was amputated and she remains in hospital.
In a separate report by AFP, which was also released on Thursday, the Paris-based agency said its investigation pointed to a tank round only used by the Israeli army. It said it had conducted the investigation with UK-based NGO Airwars, a UK-based organisation with a a team of investigators and a network of forensic and military experts.
Reuters said it had spoken to more than 30 government and security officials, military experts, forensic investigators, lawyers, medics and witnesses to piece together the events around Abdallah’s death.
It also reviewed hours of video footage from eight media outlets in the area at the time and hundreds of photos from
British stand-up comedian and actor Lee Mack fears the death of the traditional TV sit-com is upon us.
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