A group of 91 Israelis wounded by Hizbullah rockets during the 2006 summer war is suing the Arab news network Al-Jazeera for $1.2 billion in a New York court for allegedly aiding the Lebanese group, their lawyer said Tuesday.
Nitzana Darshan-Leitner said the suit, which was filed Monday, claims the Qatar-based news network intentionally violated Israel’s military censorship regulations and reported the precise locations of rocket strikes in Israel in live broadcasts during the 2006 war.
The reporting enabled Hizbullah to aim its rockets more accurately at Israeli targets, the suit alleged.
There was no immediate comment from Al-Jazeera.
Hizbullah launched around 4,000 rockets into Israel during the month long war in 2006. The fighting killed 160 Israelis and 1,200 people in Lebanon.
Israel’s military censor prohibited the media from reporting the locations of rocket strikes during the fighting, and Israeli police detained Al-Jazeera crews several times for violating the edict and broadcasting real-time information, though no formal charges were ever filed.
The lawsuit was filed on the fourth anniversary of the start of the war.
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