Hezbollah denounced on Friday the deliberate targeting of guesthouses used by media in the southern Lebanese town of Hasbaya, which led to martyrdom and injury of a number of journalists.
In a statement, Hezbollah’s Media Relations Office said: “This new crime is added to the Israeli enemy’s horrific and terrorist record of targeting journalists and media outlets in Gaza and Lebanon.”
Hezbollah called on media unions and syndicates to condemn the Israeli crime and to work in a bid to final criminal complaints against the Zionist enemy.
“We are fully confident that this crime won’t prevent free and honorable media outlets from covering the Israeli aggression and revealing truth of the heroic epics secured by the resistance fighters,” the statement read.
Hezbollah, meanwhile, offered condolences to Al-Manar Channel and Al-Mayadeen Network over martyrdom of their staff members, wishing speedy recovery for those who were injured.
Al-Manar cameraman Wissam Qassem as well as camera operator Ghassan Najjar and engineer Mohamed Reda of Al-Mayadeen Network were martyred at dawn on Friday in Israeli attack on their guesthouses in Hasbaya.
MP Al-Moussawi: A Clear War Crime
Commenting on the Israeli aggression, Head of The Lebanese Parliamentary Telecoms and Media Committee, MP Ibrahim Al-Moussawi said the attack in Hasbaya was a “deliberate Zionist targeted bombing which came after monitoring and tracking the journalists.”
“This is a clear war crime that contradicts with all international and humanitarian charters and laws which protect media workers.”
Al-Moussawi, who is a member of Hezbollah’s Loyalty to Resistance parliamentary bloc, wondered” “where are UNESCO, the International Federation of Journalists, the Federation of Arab Journalists and human rights institutions when it comes to the criminal practices by the Israeli occupation enemy?”.
“Condemnations of such a heinous crime are not enough, though we no longer hear them, and they are the least that anyone can do,” the Lebanese lawmaker added.
Source: Al-Manar English Website
