Italian Simone Camili is first newsman to die in Gaza conflict

AP journalist, Simone Camili, 35, was one of five people who died Wednesday, when a Gaza bomb disposal crew attempted to disable unexploded ordnance in the town of Beit Lahiya. The head of the bomb crew, three local police officers and a translator were also killed in the accidental explosion, which occurred during a ceasefire.  Mr. Camili, who had been with the AP since 2005, was the first foreign journalist to be killed in the Gaza conflict.
 

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