The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition that Amnesty International said on Thursday that Israeli strikes that killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and wounded six others in south Lebanon on Oct. 13 were likely to have been a direct attack on civilians and must be investigated as a war crime. A Reuters dispatch to The Globe says that Human Rights Watch (HRW), in a separate report, said the two Israeli strikes were "an apparently deliberate attack on civilians and thus a war crime." A Reuters investigation found an Israeli tank crew killed Mr. Abdallah and wounded the six other journalists by firing two shells in quick succession from Israel while the group were filming cross-border shelling from a distance. An Israeli government spokesperson denied Amnesty and HRW's version of events. The Israel Prime Minister's office did not respond to questions from Reuters on Thursday seeking comment on the reports. The group of seven reporters from AFP, Al Jazeera and Reuters were all wearing blue flak jackets and helmets, most with "PRESS" written on them in white letters. They were on a hilltop in an open area with no tree cover nor other buildings to obscure the reporters from nearby Israeli military outposts.