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...crash course in deadline reporting as his mom swung into action. After alerting New York, she filed details of the killing and analysis of its political implications. Bureau reporters Jamil Hamad, Aharon Klein, Eric Silver and Robert Slater worked their Palestinian, political and security sources, while correspondents Lara Marlowe in Beirut and Scott MacLeod in Paris soaked up reaction throughout the Middle East and Europe...
...when Israeli forces shelled the area April 18. The video is especially embarrassing for Israel, which had denied that the remotely piloted aircraft was in the area. After being confronted with evidence to the contrary, an army spokesman said the plane was on another mission, but Beirut bureau chief Lara Marlowe reports that U.N. officials are skeptical of Israel's explanation. "They say it is absurd that a drone would be there not looking at the area they were shelling. The claims don't stand up." The army also said the camp was hit only by one or two errant...
...standing order not to hit any targets within 500 yards of a U.N. facility. Lipkin-Shahak said his troops were also under orders to respond to Katyusha attacks. "We told the U.N. we planned to fire," he said. But when the shelling of Qana began, Time Beirut bureau chief Lara Marlowe heard a U.N commander radio a panicked Fijian soldier that headquarters had asked Israel to stop the bombardment. The firing continued. Only after several minutes of shelling did Israel officially warn the U.N. it was was targeting Qana. Yet in an interview with TIME on Friday, Israeli Foreign Minister...
...Reported by Lisa Beyer/Tel Aviv, Dean Fischer/Washington, Aharon Klein/Qiryat Shemona and Lara Marlowe/Qana
...LARA MARLOWE was riding in a United Nations truck in southern Lebanon last week when, amid the sound of artillery fire, she heard on the vehicle's walkie-talkie that a refugee camp in nearby Qana had been hit by Israeli shells. As the truck made its way to the scene, several bombs exploded within 275 yds. of her convoy. This was nothing new for TIME's Beirut bureau chief. Marlowe has been perilously close to the action since she joined TIME in 1989. Her datelines include some of the world's most dangerous places: Kuwait, Iraq, Bosnia, Azerbaijan, Somalia...