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Seven journalists killed in the line of duty in Gaza and Lebanon in past seven days: the "bloody week" for journalism in the Middle East [1]

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Date: 2023-10

On Saturday, 14 October, reporter Issam Abdallah was buried in the Lebanese town of El Khayam, where he was born and grew up. The videographer was killed late yesterday while reporting for the British news agency Reuters with several colleagues. The group of journalists, clearly identifiable according to several sources, was stationed near Alma al Chaab, in southern Lebanon on the border with Israel, to cover the clashes between Israeli military forces and those of the Islamist armed group Hezbollah in Lebanon.

In total, around 10 journalists have been killed in the region within a week, including seven in Gaza and Lebanon under Israeli bombardment and fire. These include photojournalists Mohammed Soboh of the Palestinian news agency Khabar, Hisham al-Nawajha of the independent Palestinian news channel Al Khamissa, Ibrahim Lafi of the production company Ain Media, and Mohammad al-Salihi of the Palestinian news agency al-Sulta al-Rabia, as well as Saïd al-Tawil, editor-in-chief of Al Khamissa, and Mohammed Abou Matar, correspondent for Roya News.

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[1] Url: https://rsf.org/en/seven-journalists-killed-line-duty-gaza-and-lebanon-past-seven-days-bloody-week-journalism-middle

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