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August 4, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3929941,00.html

IDF: Presence of Cameramen, Journalists Proves It Was a Planned Ambush

(Ynet News) Journalists and photographers were briefed in advance of the intention to ambush IDF troops and even broadcast trucks were present at the scene of Tuesday's deadly clash, IDF officials charge. A correspondent for the Hizbullah-affiliated Beirut daily al-Akhbar was killed and another from Hizbullah's al-Manar television was wounded in the Israeli response. "If this incident was not planned in advance, why did field commanders in the Lebanese army bother to dispatch journalists to the area and ensure that cameras were present at the site?" one IDF official said.

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