An Israeli raid on southern Lebanon on Wednesday resulted in the killing of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil and the wounding of Zainab Faraj, amid Lebanese accusations against the Israeli army of obstructing rescue teams and considering targeting journalists and obstructing relief “war crimes.”
Published on: 04/23/2026 - 04:17 Last updated: 04/23/2026 - 12:11
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Israeli raids on southern Lebanon, on Wednesday, resulted in the killing of journalist Amal Khalil and the injury of the photographer who was with her.
The Israeli army has not yet commented on Khalil's killing, although it announced earlier that it had received reports that two female journalists were injured as a result of its raids.
The killing of Amal (43 years old) brings the death toll on Wednesday to five, the largest toll since the start of a ten-day ceasefire on April 16 between Israel and Hezbollah.
Amal and independent photojournalist Zainab Faraj were covering events near the town of Al-Tiri when an Israeli raid hit a car in front of them. According to the Ministry of Health, the military official, and organizations defending journalists, they took refuge in a nearby house, which was soon targeted by another Israeli raid.
Elsie Mufarrej, coordinator of the Alternative Press Syndicate, stated that Lebanese rescue teams succeeded in saving Zainab, who was injured in the head.
Mufarrej and the military official indicated that attempts to return to rescue Amal were hampered after the Israeli army threw a sound bomb that prevented paramedics from entering the damaged building.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam considered that targeting journalists and obstructing relief teams constitute “war crimes,” stressing on the “X” platform that “Lebanon will spare no effort in pursuing these crimes before the relevant international forums.”
The Ministry of Health explained that the Israeli army obstructed the completion of the humanitarian mission by firing a sound bomb and live ammunition at an ambulance.
Rescue workers returned to the site about four hours after the first strike, according to what the military official said, noting that they recovered Amal's body after an additional three hours of searching under the rubble.
Al-Akhbar newspaper reported the news of her death on its website, while the Israeli army denied in a previous statement that it had prevented rescue teams from reaching the area.
Israel: The two cars entered a buffer zone
Official Lebanese media reported that two people were killed in the first strike that targeted the car, and Reuters has not yet been able to determine their identities.
The Israeli army said that it monitored two vehicles that left a military site used by Hezbollah and crossed the “front defense line,” which is the expression it uses to describe the borders of the area occupied by its forces in southern Lebanon.
He added that the two vehicles "approached the forces in a way that posed a direct threat to their safety," stressing that he targeted one of the two vehicles and then a nearby building, stressing that he did not intentionally target journalists.
In March, an Israeli air strike killed three journalists in southern Lebanon, and the Israeli army said at the time that it was targeting one of them.
The Lebanese authorities report that more than 2,400 people have been killed since Israel began its military campaign following a Hezbollah attack on March 2.
Israeli forces also control a border strip in the south that they say is designated to establish a "buffer zone" to protect northern Israel from attacks by Hezbollah, which fired hundreds of rockets into Israeli territory during the conflict.
France 24/Reuters
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