Lebanon Accuses Israel of Targeting Journalist

Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil was killed, and photographer Zeinab Faraj was injured in an Israeli airstrike on Wednesday. Lebanese officials accuse Israel of deliberately targeting them as they sought shelter in a home after an initial strike hit their vehicle.

The IDF denied targeting journalists or obstructing rescue efforts but acknowledged reports of injuries from the strikes. The incident occurred in the village of Tayri, where Khalil and Faraj had taken refuge from the first raid. According to Lebanese officials, Israeli forces directed a stun grenade and gunfire toward a marked ambulance attempting to reach them.

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam condemned the attack as a war crime and vowed to pursue the matter internationally. The IDF stated that it identified two vehicles departing from a Hezbollah military structure and claimed one posed an immediate threat, violating a ceasefire agreement.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) expressed outrage over Khalil's death, citing repeated strikes on journalists and obstruction of medical access as grave breaches of international humanitarian law. This incident follows the deaths of at least seven other journalists in Lebanon since the start of the conflict with Israel.