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Simone Camilli
Organization: The Associated Press
Year: 2014
Country: Israel
Bio:
Italian video journalist Simone Camilli of the Associated Press did not shy away from dangerous assignments. He covered the murderous rise of ISIS terrorists in Iraq and the refugee crisis in Syria. His passion for reporting the human toll of conflict drew him to Gaza to cover the aftermath of the war between Hamas militants and Israel. Camilli was filming Gaza police attempting to defuse an Israeli shell when the shell exploded, killing Camilli, his Palestinian translator and three police engineers. Camilli, who was 35, had worked for the AP since 2005. Gaza was one of the deadliest places in the world for journalists in 2014, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. |