JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, Oct 19 (Reuters) - The Lebanese army said a journalist was killed by Israeli gunfire on Thursday in a southern Lebanon border area where Israel's forces and Lebanese group Hezbollah had a heavy exchange of fire.
The Lebanese army described the seven people as media personnel, saying Israeli forces targeted them with machine guns, killing one and wounding another.
The incident came nearly a week after a Reuters journalist was killed and other journalists injured in southern Lebanon.
Cross-border exchanges have flared since Oct. 7, when Palestinian group Hamas attacked southern Israel and Israeli forces launched a counteroffensive on Gaza.
The Israeli military said fighters in Lebanon had fired at least two anti-armour missiles into Israel, striking the village of Manara without causing casualties.
Persons:
Israel, Sheikh Abad's, Andrea Tenenti, Tenenti, Dan Williams, Tom Perry, Rami Ayyub, Edmund Blair, Alex Richardson, Grant McCool, Daniel Wallis
Organizations:
Lebanese, Hezbollah, Lebanese Armed Forces, UNIFIL, Reuters, Thomson
Locations:
JERUSALEM, BEIRUT, Lebanon, Lebanese, Israel, Iran, Manara, Gaza