Attacks on journalists in Lebanon are unacceptable, the United Kingdom’s Foreign Office said in a joint statement with Finland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Saturday.
The statement comes after the killing of journalist Amal Khalil on Wednesday in an Israel strike.
In the statement, both countries condemned the violence against journalist and media workers.
The IDF said they are investigating the incident and has repeated that it “does not target journalists and acts to mitigate harm to them while maintaining the safety and security of its troops.”
“We call on the Israeli authorities and all other parties to make every effort to ensure that media workers in Lebanon can conduct their work freely and safely,” the statement said.
The U.K. and Finland are co-chairs of the Media Freedom Coalition.
Israeli attacks have killed at least seven journalists in Lebanon, according to the Committee for the Protection of Journalists.
-ABC News’ Othon Leyva
