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Jad Shahrour does not often get the chance for time off. So when his work phone started buzzing on Oct. 13, 2023, he ignored it. As the communications officer for the Samir Kassir Eyes Center for Media and Cultural Freedom (SKeyes), an independent monitor of press rights in the Middle East, Shahrour documents violations of press freedom.

While those are common in the region, less so was the chance to be out, uninterrupted, with his newborn son.

But this time, the buzzing persisted longer than usual.

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When he finally stepped aside to check his phone, he saw that he was being tagged in messages in a number of press chats, all asking the same question:

“Do you know anything about the journalists who were wounded in Alma al-Shaab?” — a reference to a village in southern Lebanon bordering northern Israel.

He did not. In fact, he only knew there were journalists in Alma al-Shaab because his best friend, Issam Abdall ‎رامز القاضي‎ (@ramezelkadiofficial) • Instagram photos and ...

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