Journalist Issam Abdallah killed by Israeli shelling prompts Reuters to call for investigation

Reuters editor-in-chief Alessandra Galloni has called for an investigation into the death of Issam Abdallah, the Reuters video journalist who was killed last Friday when he was struck by a shell that originated in Israel.

The Lebanese journalist, 37, was killed while providing a live video signal for broadcasters amid the cross-border fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah fighters in south Lebanon. Galloni urged the Israeli forces to clarify the terms of engagement in the Israel-Hamas war and asked Lebanon, which claims to have gathered evidence on the attack, and any authorities with information to provide it.

Abdallah was buried on Saturday in his hometown of Khiyam in southern Lebanon and was survived by his mother, two brothers, and a sister.

Produced by Reem Khabbazy