Journalists Killed in 2006 - Motive Confirmed: Layal Najib
| Publisher | Committee to Protect Journalists |
| Publication Date | January 2007 |
| Cite as | Committee to Protect Journalists, Journalists Killed in 2006 - Motive Confirmed: Layal Najib, January 2007, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4e6495fe23.html [accessed 5 June 2023] |
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freelance
July 23, 2006, in Sadiqeen, Lebanon
Najib, 23, a freelance photographer for the Lebanese magazine Al-Jaras and Agence France-Presse, was the sole journalist to be killed when Israel began attacks on Lebanon in response to a cross-border raid by the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah. Najib was hit by shrapnel from a missile while in a taxi on the road between the villages of Sadiqeen and Qana, according to news reports. Najib, who died at the scene, was trying to meet a convoy of villagers fleeing the Israeli bombardment of south Lebanon.
| Medium: | |
| Job: | Photographer |
| Beats Covered: | War |
| Gender: | Female |
| Local or Foreign: | Local |
| Freelance: | Yes |
| Type of Death: | Crossfire/Combat-Related |
| Suspected Source of Fire: | Military Officials |
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