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Reuters Tackles Israel Over Death In Gaza Sky
News The Reuters news agency says it is having to restrict its operations in Gaza until the Israeli military explains why it killed one of its cameramen there. (Advertisement) Shana was filming Israeli tanks on a ridge a mile away, when one of them opened fire with at least one anti-personnel shell. He captured his own final moments on film as the shell flew towards him - the last frames he filmed show the picture flicker to black and moments later the sound is heard of his body and tripod falling to the ground.
Reuters bureau chief Alastair Macdonald told Sky News that Shana was operating in line with the agency's safety guidelines by making it clear he was a member of the press - and it is time Israel explains why he died. "Until we can answer that question, it's very difficult for us to send our camera crews out to do the same kind of work in the field as we would before, so we're having to hang back. "We don't want to do that, but we can't put our people at risk." The tank shell was a flechette round, which contains 5,000 metal darts that shower an area three metres long and 90 metres wide - potentially killing or maiming whatever they hit.
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