Ghassan Najjar

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Journalists face Israeli strikes, displacement, attacks as war escalates in Lebanon

The recent escalation of Israel’s war in Lebanon has imperiled the press as they face Israeli strikes that have destroyed news outlet offices and killed at least three journalists, in addition to being assaulted, obstructed, threatened, and detained while reporting.   At about 3 a.m. on October 25, an Israeli airstrike hit a compound housing 18 journalists from multiple…

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Relatives and colleagues of three journalists killed in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on October 25, 2024, gather around a Red Cross ambulance as their bodies arrive at a hospital in Beirut. (Photo: AFP/Fadel Itani)

3 killed, 3 hurt in Israeli strike on journalists’ compound in Lebanon

Beirut, October 25, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled by Friday’s Israeli attack that killed two journalists and a media worker and injured at least three others, and calls for an independent investigation to determine whether the journalists’ compound was deliberately targeted. At about 3 a.m. on October 25, an airstrike hit a compound…

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