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Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah died in an apparent strike across the Israel-Lebanon border

By Barbara Tasch

BBC News

Rights groups say Israel should be investigated for a possible war crime over the death of a journalist in Lebanon in October.

Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah, 37, died in two apparent strikes across the Israel-Lebanon border in October. Six others were wounded.

Amnesty and Human Rights Watch (HRW) said investigations showed the journalists were probably fired on deliberately by an Israeli tank crew.

Israel denies targeting the reporters.

"We do not target civilians," Israeli government spokesperson Eylon Levy said when asked about the reports from Amnesty and HRW.

"We've been doing everything possible to get civilians out of harm's way," Eylon added in a televised briefing.

The group of seven journalists from Reuters, Al-Jazeera and AFP, were filming about 1km from the Lebanon-Israel border on 13 October.

Amnesty said images showed the journalists were wearing body armour marked with the word "PRESS", and the Reuters crew car was marked "TV" with yellow tape on its hood.