Journalist Tzadok Yehezkeli
Hospital: Israeli journalist may have been hurt by cluster bomb
Circumstances of Tzadok Yehezkeli's injury still unclear; doctor: He suffered very serious wounds
A doctor at Hadassah Ein-Kerem hospital in Jerusalem estimated Wednesday that Yedioth Ahronoth reporter Tzadok Yehezkeli may have been wounded by a cluster bomb. The Israeli journalist was injured while covering the fighting in Georgia, but the exact circumstances of the incident remain unclear.
"The wounds were very serious," Rivkind said. "Somebody out there tried to kill him."
Hospital officials said that doctors identified four or five various wounds in the reporter's limbs, chest, and abdomen. Senior hospital official Professor Avi Rivkind said "the entry wounds are very narrow, and therefore it is possible that he was wounded by a cluster bomb."
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Yehezkeli's relatives arrived at the hospital earlier in the day to visit him.
"He opened his eyes, heard me there, and reached out his hand," the journalist's mother said. "He had tears in his eyes."
In recent years there has been growing debate around the world in respect to the utilization of cluster bombs. About two and a half months ago, 111 countries signed a convention against using cluster bombs. The convention, which is expected to be ratified in December, was not signed by Russia, the United States, and Israel.
