dinsdag, juni 10, 2003
The Israeli military has reprimanded an officer for firing at an Associated Press photographer in an armored car bearing press markings in the West Bank City of Hebron 19 months ago. The photographer, Elizabeth Dalziel, was not hurt in the shooting.
Dalziel had passed an Israeli military checkpoint and entered the neighborhood of Abu Sneineh, where she encountered two Israeli armored personnel carriers and a tank. She stopped the car and was taking photographs when she heard a shot hit and crack the windshield. The car, which is painted white, had the words "TV" in black lettering on the sides and back of the vehicle. She quickly reversed and sped away from the area. She said at least five other bullets hit the body and windshield of the car and flattened a tire. Dalziel said she did not see anyone firing, but she said the shots appeared to come from the general direction of the Israeli army vehicles.
The army had no comment on another case in which AP photographer Hathem Moussa came under fire last month in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun. Five bullets hit his armored car as he left an area where two dozen Palestinians were throwing stones at Israeli tanks. Moussa was not hurt. His white car, marked on four sides with "TV" spelled out in phosphorescent orange tape, was hit by bullets in its back and side windows. AP filed a complaint with the Israeli military, which said it was investigating.
Bron: Associated Press.
Dalziel had passed an Israeli military checkpoint and entered the neighborhood of Abu Sneineh, where she encountered two Israeli armored personnel carriers and a tank. She stopped the car and was taking photographs when she heard a shot hit and crack the windshield. The car, which is painted white, had the words "TV" in black lettering on the sides and back of the vehicle. She quickly reversed and sped away from the area. She said at least five other bullets hit the body and windshield of the car and flattened a tire. Dalziel said she did not see anyone firing, but she said the shots appeared to come from the general direction of the Israeli army vehicles.
The army had no comment on another case in which AP photographer Hathem Moussa came under fire last month in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun. Five bullets hit his armored car as he left an area where two dozen Palestinians were throwing stones at Israeli tanks. Moussa was not hurt. His white car, marked on four sides with "TV" spelled out in phosphorescent orange tape, was hit by bullets in its back and side windows. AP filed a complaint with the Israeli military, which said it was investigating.
Bron: Associated Press.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 23:23
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