Two journalists injured in Israeli attack on news agency vehicle

IIGD | 27.08.2006 13:54

An Israeli air strike targeted a Reuters news agency vehicle, wounding two journalists in Gaza City.

The bombed vehicle that was not identified as belonging to the media

The attack knocked a Reuters cameraman unconscious and seriously wounded a Palestinian journalist. The armoured car was clearly labeled as a media vehicle, with signs on all sides, including the roof.

The Zionists claim the vehicle was acting "suspiciously" and was not identified as belonging to the media.

Sabbah Hmaida, who works for a local news web site, was seriously wounded in the legs, whilst Fadel Shana, a Reuters cameraman was knocked unconscious.

Meanwhile, two Fox News journalists have been released unharmed nearly two weeks after being seized by militants in Gaza.

The journalists were seized in Gaza City on August 14. Their captors, a previously unknown group calling itself the Holy Jihad Brigades, demanded the release of all Muslims imprisoned by the US by midnight on Saturday in exchange for freeing the journalists.

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Hurray for Paliwood

27.08.2006 16:14

Just a little distraction, in case you were worried about the journalists kidnapped by peace loving "palestinians" The good news, is that the journalists were released.
The bad news is, that the bogus "reuters" story is still in the ether.

Pallywood PRoductions

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VICTORY TO ISRAEL SMASH THE ARABS

27.08.2006 16:25

ISRAEL IS VICTORIOUS

FUCK THE MUSLIM SHITS

AM YISRAEL CHAI!!!!

ZIONIST

zionist lies again, to defend the zionist state

27.08.2006 19:16

below is the bbc artical on the disgusting act carried out by the zionist state

Israeli rocket hits Reuters car

The air strike was one of several in Gaza on Saturday night
An Israeli air strike on a car in Gaza City during a security operation has injured a Reuters news agency cameraman and a local journalist.

At least one rocket hit the car as the cameraman was filming, knocking him unconscious, while the second man received serious leg wounds.

The Reuters car was clearly marked all over as a media vehicle.

The Israeli army said the car had not been identified as press and expressed regret that journalists had been hurt.

The agency named its cameraman as Fadel Shana and the other man wounded as local website journalist Sabbah Hmaida.

Two Palestinian bystanders were also injured in the attack.

A Hamas militant was killed in a separate Israeli air strike on Gaza later on Saturday.

'English, Arabic and Hebrew'

Israeli ground forces backed by helicopters were conducting an operation inside the Gaza Strip on Saturday evening, near the Karni crossing.

Reuters press markings on the journalists' car

"During the operation, there was an aerial attack on a suspicious vehicle that drove in a suspicious manner right by the forces and in between the Palestinian militant posts," Israeli army spokeswoman Capt Noa Meir said.

"This car was not identified by the army as a press vehicle. If journalists were hurt, we regret it."

The Reuters armoured car was clearly labelled as a media vehicle, with signs on all sides, including the roof.

According to the Associated Press, the white sports utility vehicle was emblazoned with the Reuters logo and had "TV" and "Press" written on it in English, Arabic and Hebrew.

The front seats of the car were covered in blood, much of the inside of the vehicle was torn by shrapnel and one of the bullet-proof windows was completely destroyed, the agency says.

Mohammed Dawdi, head of the local journalists' union, described the attack as a "cold-blooded crime".

The Israelis have been conducting operations against militants in the Gaza Strip for two months.

The campaign was sparked by the capture of an Israeli soldier on 25 June.