Israel army 'very sorry' for journalist's death in Lebanon: spokesman

The Israeli army said Saturday it was "very sorry" for the death of a Reuters journalist killed when caught up in cross-border shelling along the frontier with Lebanon.

"We are very sorry for the journalist's death," military spokesman Richard Hecht told reporters when asked about the killing of the Reuters videographer on Friday. The Israeli military did not acknowledge responsibility, however. "We are looking into it," Hecht said of the incident in which six other journalists, including two from AFP, were also injured.

A Reuters journalist was killed and six other journalists from AFP, Reuters and Al Jazeera were wounded near Alma al-Shaab close to the border with Israel when they were caught up in cross-border shelling on Friday, one of the two wounded AFP correspondents said.

A Lebanese security source had told AFP that initial Israeli shelling followed an infiltration attempt by a Palestinian faction from the Lebanese side of the border.