An Israeli TV journalist helped soldiers blow up a building in southern Lebanon, sparking widespread criticism at home.
The well-known journalist from television channel N12 was involved in an operation together with ground troops.
When a building that had apparently been used as a launch pad against Israel was about to be blown up in a controlled manner, one of the soldiers handed the correspondent the detonator. Then, following their instructions, he pulled the trigger.
Smoke could then be seen rising from the explosion site in the distance.
“A house with an ammunition depot, within sight of Israel, has been blown up – one less threat to the state of Israel,” the journalist said in front of the television camera.
The journalist’s colleagues in Israel criticized his behavior on social media, with one calling it “a disgrace to the profession of journalism.”
Another wrote: ‘His job is to report, not to bomb. If you want to fight, you have to put on a uniform.”
The TV correspondent was also accused of endangering other colleagues because their independence could be questioned.
Neither the military nor the TV station initially commented on the incident.
