Three United Nations experts have called for an independent and thorough investigation into Israel’s recent killing of three journalists in Lebanon, denouncing the deadly incident as “another egregious attack on press freedom by Israeli forces.”
UN special rapporteurs Irene Khan, Morris Tidball-Binz, and Ben Saul on Thursday noted that “journalists carrying out their professional duties in armed conflict are civilians and must not be targeted or made the object of attack.”
“The deliberate killing of journalists not directly participating in hostilities constitutes a serious violation of international human rights and humanitarian law and a war crime,” they said in a statement.
In February, the Committee to Protect Journalists reported that Israel was responsible for two-thirds of all killings of journalists in 2024 and 2025.
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