Apr 24, 2008, 03:59 pm
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Location: Espaņa Posts: 2,625 | Israelis 'may have deliberately targeted Reuters cameraman' Quote:
A PALESTINIAN cameraman killed by Israeli tank fire in the Gaza Strip last week may have been deliberately targeted, the campaign group Human Rights Watch said yesterday, as the death toll from the incident rose to six .
Two Palestinian teenagers, Ahmed al-Najjar and Bilal al-Dhaimi, died of wounds they sustained when tank shells sprayed Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana's pick-up with flachettes, or tiny darts, as he was filming last Wednesday. Three other bystanders
, aged between 13 and 22, were also killed.
Human Rights Watch said an on-site investigation over the weekend "found evidence suggesting that the tank crew fired recklessly or deliberately at the journalist's team".
Joe Stork, the group's Middle East director, said: "Israeli soldiers did not make sure they were aiming at a military target before firing, and there is evidence suggesting they actually targeted the journalists."
| Israelis 'may have deliberately targeted Reuters cameraman' - Scotsman.com News
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