A terrifying moment was recently caught on camera when an Israeli missile targeted a British journalist attached Russia Today (RT) during live reporting in Lebanon.
Steven Sweeney, who works for Russia’s state-funded broadcaster, was filming the destruction of a bridge and talking about missile strikes from Israel when one targeted him and hit just meters away.
Sweeney said yesterday that targeting journalists was a war crime and today he himself was injured in an attack. He was treated at a hospital for his injuries.
The video footage of the incident shows the exact moment the missile hit near the journalist, both the cameraman and the reporter sustained injuries.
RT posted a video of journalist Ali Rida, also injured in the attack, reporting from southern Lebanon. Ali said Israeli forces INTENTIONALLY targeted them.
About three hours after the attack, the outlet shared a video message about Sweeney. He said: “It was a precision strike by an Israeli fighter jet. If they think they are going to silence us, they are very, very wrong.”
Israel has intensified its unprovoked, illegal military attacks on southern Lebanon and has repeatedly targeted civilian infrastructure.
Sweeney also accused Israel of trying to ethnically cleanse southern Lebanon.
