Ghassan Najjar

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A damaged car marked with 'Press' at the site of an Israeli strike that killed a few journalists and wounded several others as they slept in guesthouses used by media in Hasbaya in southern Lebanon on October 25, 2024

CPJ calls for international probe after evidence indicates Israel targeted journalists in deadly Lebanon strike 

New York, November 26, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for an immediate international investigation into a deadly Israeli strike in Lebanon that legal experts believe could be a war crime as it likely deliberately targeted civilians, killing three members of the media. “Journalists are civilians and must never be targeted,” said CPJ CEO Jodie…

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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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