‘100 per cent terrorist’: Israel ambassador’s claim about slain reporters
By Nathan Schmidt
Israel’s new ambassador to Australia has claimed two of three journalists killed in an Israeli air strike in Lebanon were members of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force.
Dr Hillel Newman, who took over the ambassadorship earlier this month, was grilled over the killings during an address before the National Press Club in Canberra on Tuesday.
Ali Shoeib, a reporter for Hezbollah-affiliated Al Manar TV, as well as reporter Fatima Ftouni and brother and cameraman Mohamed Ftouni, both from Al Mayadeen channel, were killed in the town of Jezzine, east of Sidon, according to the stations.