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Issam Abdallah, a videographer for Reuters, has been killed in Lebanon during Israel's conflict with Hamas.
Reuters was performing a livestream on YouTube Friday facilitated by Abdallah near the border of Lebanon and Southern Israel. The video captured the moment missiles struck the area near the village of Alma al-Shaab and has since been removed by Reuters"due to graphic content.""We are deeply saddened to learn that our videographer, Issam Abdallah, has been killed," Reuters said in a statement.
Additionally, four other reporters were injured in the attack from other international outlets also providing a live signal of the missiles firing out of Israel. On Saturday, Abdallah's hometown of Khiam, Lebanon, held a funeral service for him. His body was wrapped in the Lebanese flag, and mourners carried it aloft for a funeral procession through the town.
"We are aware of the incident with the Reuters journalist," Israeli army spokesman Lt Col Richard Hecht said during a press briefing."We are looking into it. We already have visuals. We're doing cross-examination. It's a tragic thing."This comes after Hamas fired thousands of rockets and also sent dozens of fighters into Israel almost a week ago on Simchat Torah, a Jewish holiday celebrating the annual cycle of the Torah scroll reading.
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