A Palestinian photographer who was shot on Sunday while covering protests in the Gaza Strip may have been "deliberately targeted" by an Israeli soldier, a media rights group said on Tuesday. "Reporters Without Borders was told that (Mohammed) Othman was clearly identifiable as a journalist at the time of the shooting and was deliberately targeted," Reporters Sans Frontieres said.
Othman was critically wounded as he covered demonstrations near the Erez crossing in northern Gaza. The Israeli military told AFP it had received no official complaint about the incident. "The IDF (Israel Defence Forces) categorically rejects the claim that any journalists were intentionally injured as without any basis in fact," said a statement to AFP. "The IDF is in constant contact with the Foreign Press Association and no complaint was received regarding this incident through any of the established channels."
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