Assaf Abu Rahhal

Assaf Abu Rahhal (Arabic: عساف أبو رحال; 18 December 1955 – 3 August 2010) was a veteran Lebanese journalist who was killed by the Israeli Defense Forces during the 2010 Israel–Lebanon border clash,[1][2][3] in which an Israeli reserve lieutenant colonel was killed and a captain was shot and injured by Lebanese sniper fire.

Final services were held at Saint George Roman Orthodox Church in Kfeir for the deceased.

[7] Abu Rahhal worked for the Al Akhbar daily newspaper for four years where he was covering southern Lebanon.

[1] The French-based Reporters Without Borders said Abu Rahhal's death was due to an "Israeli military blunder.

"[4] Al-Akhbar editor Omar Nashabe said, "It is totally unacceptable that a civilian, a dedicated journalist, husband and father, be targeted and killed while the international community and UN troops [in southern Lebanon] stand by idly.

The shooting of Lebanese TV journalist Ali Shabaan by Syrian forces on the Lebanese-Syrian border 9 April 2012 stirred up memories of Abu Rahhal at Al-Akhbar.