Hezbollah slams international institutions' bias toward 'Israel'
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Hezbollah criticizes international institutions for failing to specify that "Israel" was behind the death of the Lebanese journalist Issam Abdallah.
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Civil Defense workers and a Lebanese security officer carry a journalist who was injured by Israeli shelling, at Alma al-Shaab, south Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023 (AP)
The Lebanese Islamic Resistance, Hezbollah, condemned the blatant bias displayed by international institutions in their handling of "Israel's" killing of journalists.
In a statement, the party denounced the deliberate and intended bias by the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the UNIFIL forces in Lebanon, as well as by the White House spokesperson, not to mention the international Reuters agency, which the martyred journalist worked for, along with several other international media outlets.
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Hezbollah condemned them for intentionally refraining from naming the party responsible for opening fire, killing the journalist Issam Khalil Abdallah, and injuring several other journalists of various nationalities.
Hezbollah emphasized that "Israel" is the aggressor that clearly and undisputedly killed journalist Issam Abdallah, in the presence of both local and international journalists who were present during the attack.
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— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) October 14, 2023
The statement emphasized that the deliberate neglect is aimed at sparing "Israel" incrimination for killing journalists.
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Hezbollah framed this as being part of the campaign of misinformation led by the United States and its allies in international media institutions in favor of the Zionist aggression against the oppressed Palestinian people.
Hezbollah called on these institutions and all free journalists to reveal the truth and to blatantly condemn the criminal who kills journalists.
— Reuters Press Team (@ReutersPR) October 13, 2023
This comes after Reuters agency mourned its photojournalist, Issam Abdallah, yesterday, who was killed while performing his duty at the Lebanese-Palestinian border, without mentioning that Abdallah was killed in an attack carried out deliberately by the occupation on a vehicle of journalists in the town of Alma al-Shaab.
The statement by Reuters read:
We are deeply saddened to learn that our videographer, Issam Abdallah, has been killed.
Issam was part of a Reuters crew in southern Lebanon who was providing a live signal.
We are urgently seeking more information, working with authorities in the region, and supporting Issam's family and colleagues.
Reuters journalists Thaer Al-Sudani and Maher Nazeh also sustained injuries and are seeking medical care.
Our thoughts are with their families at this terrible time.
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