Fadel Shana

RIYADH: The Arab Journalists' Union has condemned Israeli attacks on Palestinian journalists, according to the Saudi Press Agency. The union pointed out that about 740 violations against journalists had taken place, 28 journalists had been arrested and 158 Facebook pages had been closed down.

Although the IDF has reportedly used flechette shells for a number of years, one of the most prominent instances was in the 2008 death of 23-year-old Reuters photographer Fadel Shana and two other Palestinian civilians. Haaretz reported Palestinian doctors took X-rays of Shana's body that “clearly ...

New York, August 13, 2008--The Israeli government should carry out an independent investigation into the killing of Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. CPJ also called on the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to work with journalists and media groups to ensure that ...

GAZA CITY, August 14, 2008 (MENASSAT) – The Palestinian journalists community was not shocked by this week's decision by the Israeli military to clear the soldiers who shot 24-year-old Palestinian cameraman Fadel Shana, four months ago in Gaza. But there was surprise at the audacity of the military ...

THE Israeli Defence Force says it does not admit responsibility for killing a Reuters TV cameraman who died in the Gaza Strip moments after he filmed a tank firing in his direction. Fadel Shana, 23, was among 20 Palestinian militants and civilians - among them five children - killed in a surge of violence ...

Cameraman Fadel Shana, 23, was killed and soundman Wafa Abu Mizyed, also in his 20s, was wounded after the crew stopped their car and began filming Israeli military forces located several hundred meters away, according to Reuters. Shana was filming the tank when it apparently fired on the Reuters ...

The Reuters car was clearly marked all over as a media vehicle. The Israeli army said the car had not been identified as press and expressed regret that journalists had been hurt. The agency named its cameraman as Fadel Shana and the other man wounded as local website journalist Sabbah Hmaida.