Answer the following question: Facts:   - employer: '' france-presse -lrb- news agency -rrb- al jaras '' -lrb- magazine -rrb- and agence    - other names: nejib , najeeb , nagib    - years active: three years    - native name lang: arabic    - home town: tripoli , lebanon    - death cause: combat-related crossfire    - death date: 23 july 2006 -lrb- age 23 -rrb-      - birth date: ca. 1983    - name: layal najib    - nationality: lebanese    - image: najib-layal . jpg    - death place: between sadiqeen and qana , lebanon    - occupation: freelance photojournalist   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of layal najib .
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layal najib , also romanized nagib , nejib or najeeb , -lrb- died 23 july 2006 -rrb- was a lebanese photojournalist for `` al jaras '' -lrb- translated : the bell -rrb- and the first journalist killed during the 2006 lebanon war .she was also among several female journalists who were establishing their reputations as reporters during the war , such as rima maktabi and najwa qassem .najib is one of seven journalists to have been killed since the end of civil war in 1990 .najib 's death follows behind that of female journalist atwar bahjat who was killed while covering the iraq war .