BEIRUT-Three journalists were killed in Lebanon by an Israeli strike on Friday morning, their colleagues said, drawing condemnation from rights advocates about the number of reporters who have lost their lives in the region over the past year. The Committee to Protect Journalists( CPJ) said it" strongly condemned" the attack, urging the international community to" stop Israel's long-standing pattern of impunity in journalist killings." Israel did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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