ISTANBUL
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Thursday that Moscow is awaiting a response from international organizations following a missile strike that injured two journalists from Russian TV channel RT in Lebanon.
“Given the killing of 200 journalists in Gaza, today's events cannot be called accidental,” Zakharova wrote on Telegram, saying the rocket struck the location where the two journalists were reporting rather than a "significant strategic military facility."
"We are waiting for the reaction of international organizations!" she added.
Earlier, RT reported on Telegram that its correspondent Steve Sweeney and his cameraman were injured in an Israeli attack and are being treated for shrapnel wounds at a hospital.
It later said, citing its cameraman, that Israel deliberately targeted journalists on a bridge in southern Lebanon, adding that all were wearing identifiable press vests.
Israel expanded its military offensive in Lebanon after US and Israeli forces launched attacks on Iran on Feb. 28.
On March 2, Hezbollah said it attacked a military site in northern Israel in response to what it described as continued Israeli strikes on Lebanon despite a ceasefire, as well as the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
According to Lebanese authorities, at least 968 people have been killed and 2,432 injured in Israeli strikes across Lebanon since March 2.