James Stout

And then the Israeli military came out, particularly with an incident that happened, I think, just a little over a month ago now.

They came out and photoshopped journalists from the TV station Al Manar in Hezbollah fatigues and claimed that he was part of this elite fighting force, the Rawadwan forces, and

They offered no proof for this.

The Israeli military, a spokesperson, I believe it was, later admitted that this was a doctored or an AI-created photo that they released.

But these are the conditions that journalists are working with.

Unfortunately, Lebanon is not

signatory to the ICC or the ICJ.

And so these cases, though there's been pressure by media watchdogs and other bodies to get Lebanon to sign up, to join the ICC and the ICJ so that they can put forward cases against Israel for specifically the targeting of journalists, as well as many other actions the Israelis have taken in Lebanon, particularly South Lebanon over the last

two and a half years.

These are essentially the conditions that Lebanese journalists are working under, where their lives are at risk.

I might point out one other incident where a journalist from RT was reporting on a bridge in South Lebanon.

It was one of the last bridges to not yet have been bombed that would connect South Lebanon to the rest of the country.

He was reporting when it was caught on video that a strike had happened.

I think there are legitimate criticisms about, you know, this journalist's conduct in terms of placing himself.

He wasn't wearing a helmet at the time.

Those are legitimate criticisms for, you know, kind of here's how you can do better sort of thing.

That still does not excuse the fact that the attack happened while the journalist was there covering.

And again, regardless of the outlets lean, regardless of what their agenda is, etc., etc., these are still media professionals working.

I believe that a warning had happened at that time.

So, again, questions over maybe decisions that were made.