A recurring theme in BBC Middle East coverage is the avoidance or downplaying of the connections of the Lebanese terrorist organisation Hizballah to news stories such as the 2020 Beirut Port blast or drug trafficking.

Another example emerged in early June when international and regional media organisations reported that a Lebanese military court had charged five Hizballah operatives with the killing of an Irish UNIFIL soldier last December. The Irish Times reported that story as follows:

A Lebanese military court indicted five members of the Shia militant and political organisation Hizbullah on Thursday in relation to the attack on Irish peacekeepers in South Lebanon, which killed Private Sen Rooney and seriously injured Trooper Shane Kearney last December.

Mohammad Ayyad, who is currently in the custody of the Lebanese military, and four other defendants whose locations are currently unknown, were indicted on voluntary homicide and criminal conspiracy and will face a trial at the military court in Beirut, according to a military spokesperson. []

In an indictment report prepared by the military court, which was seen by news agency AFP, surveillance camera footage captured images of the UN vehicle carrying the Iris...

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