cameraman
noun
cam·era·man
ˈkam-rə-ˌman 
-mən,
ˈka-mə-rə-
: a person who operates a camera (as for motion pictures or television)
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Witnesses and health officials said the first strike killed a cameraman from the Reuters news agency doing a live television shot and a second person who was not named.
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Edith M. Lederer, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Rescuers work to recover the body of cameraman Hussam al-Masri, a contractor for Reuters, on Monday.
—Molly Hunter, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
Another photo taken about a month ago shows Reuters cameraman Hussam Al-Masri working from the same staircase where he was killed on Monday.
—Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
Israeli forces fatally shot Palestinian photographer Imad Abu Zahra in Jenin in the West Bank in 2002, British filmmaker James Miller in Rafah in 2003 and Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana in Gaza in 2008.
—Maha Nassar, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025
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Edith M. Lederer, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Rescuers work to recover the body of cameraman Hussam al-Masri, a contractor for Reuters, on Monday.
—Molly Hunter, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
Another photo taken about a month ago shows Reuters cameraman Hussam Al-Masri working from the same staircase where he was killed on Monday.
—Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
Israeli forces fatally shot Palestinian photographer Imad Abu Zahra in Jenin in the West Bank in 2002, British filmmaker James Miller in Rafah in 2003 and Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana in Gaza in 2008.
—Maha Nassar, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Cameraman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cameraman. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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