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Journalists killed in Gaza

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An Associated Press video journalist and a freelance Palestinian translator were killed yesterday when ordnance left over from the Israeli-Hamas war exploded as they were reporting on the conflict's aftermath. Simone Camilli and Ali Shehda Abu Afash died when an unexploded missile believed to have been dropped in an Israeli airstrike blew up as Gaza police engineers were working to neutralize it in the northern town of Beit Lahiya. Camilli is the first foreign journalist killed in the Gaza conflict which brings the total number of journo's killed in Gaza, to 11. Online is Soazig Dollet, the Head of the MENA Division for Reporters Without Borders
Guest: Soazig Dollet
Position: Head of MENA Division; Reporters Without Borders
14 Aug 2014 10AM English South Africa News

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