23 July 2006
Layal Nagib
Explosion
Layal Nagib, 23, was killed when a missile exploded near her car on the road between Cana et Siddiqin, not far from the southern city of Tyre.
Her driver and local doctors said she was killed instantly. She was covering the Israeli bombing of southern Lebanon for the magazine Al Jarass (The Bell). As well as working for Al-Jaras, Layal also worked with several foreign news agencies, including the French agency AFP. After graduating from journalism school, she first worked with Newtv as a programme editor. After three years she decided to work as a freelance reporter and photographer.
