Two journalists injured by Israeli occupation fire in southern Lebanon

BEIRUT, Nov. 27 (YPA) -Two journalists were injured by Israeli occupation forces’ fire on Wednesday, as they were filming in a village near the border that had witnessed clashes between Israeli forces and Hezbollah,  state media said.

“Israeli enemy forces in the town of Khiam opened fire on a group of journalists while they were covering the return of the residents and the Israeli withdrawal from the town, wounding two,” the National News Agency said.

Video journalist Abdelkader Bay told AFP he was reporting in Khiam with two other visual journalists when shots were fired and he was injured along with his colleague.

“We saw people checking on their homes and, at the same time, we were hearing the sounds of tanks withdrawing,” Bay said, adding the other wounded journalist was hospitalised.

“While we were filming, we realised there were Israeli soldiers in a building and suddenly they shot at us,” he said.

“It was clear that we were journalists,” he added.

Photographer Ali Hachicho was with Bay in Khiam when the incident happened but was not injured. They both said they saw a drone above the town before shots were fired.

“We saw military fatigues on the ground,” Hachicho told AFP, then he spotted Israeli soldiers nearby.

“When I put the camera to my eye to film them, I started hearing the sound of bullets between our feet,” he said.

On Wednesday, the Israeli military also imposed restrictions on residents’ movement in southern Lebanon during the night.

@E.Y.M