Reuters Cameraman ‘Killed by Israeli Tank’

Medical examination of the body of Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana confirms that he was killed by an Israeli tank shell in Gaza yesterday, according to the news agency.

Shana, the 23-year-old Reuters cameraman killed in an explosion in Gaza, also appears to have captured footage of a tank opening fire on the vehicle in which he was travelling.

The cameraman, who died along with two youths who were nearby, had stepped away from his vehicle to film an Israeli tank dug in several hundred metres away, according to a report filed by Reuters.

Video from Shana’s camera shows the tank opening fire, and two seconds after the recoil from the gun raises dust around the Israeli armoured vehicle the tape goes blank. This is thought to be the moment that Shana was hit.

Reuters said that a medical examination showed that metal darts from an Israeli tank shell that exploded in the air caused Shana’s death.

X-rays displayed by doctors who examined the camerman’s body at Gaza’s Shifa hospital showed several of the weapons, known as flechettes, embedded in Shana’s chest and legs. Several of the 3cm long darts were also found in his flak jacket and vehicle.

Reuters soundman Wafa Abu Mizyed sustained a shrapnel wound in the explosion.

The Israeli army declined to comment on the cause of Shana’s death.

Shana’s Reuters vehicle was an unarmoured SUV, bearing the logo “TV” and “Press”.

The Reuters editor-in-chief, David Schlesinger, has called for an investigation into Shana’s death.

Shana died on a day of fighting in the Gaza Strip yesterday that claimed the lives of 16 other Palestinians and three Israeli soldiers.

– by Mark Sweney

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I love wannabe killers ready to from the comfort and safety of their homes talk tough, its camp.
is real has chosen to attack all who do not subscribe to their war crimes agendas they simply are mad dogs.
Gentle Rachel Cory, a Jew, was murdered by the IDF and nothing was done even though her brutal murder went into reconvening the Sanhedrin after a couple of thousand years. More war crime by the IDF.
The other side is as guilty with their thuggery, dope dealing, kidnapping gangs, honor murders, torture, rape. Almost makes one think of L.A.