Israeli strikes kill a journalist and injures another in Lebanon
Lebanese officials say rescue teams came under fire while trying to aid Amal Khalil, a reporter, and Zeinab Faraj, a photojournalist
Amal Khalil, who worked for Al-Akhbar, reporting near a destroyed bridge last month. She was killed in an Israeli attack on Wednesday. Photograph: Mohammed Zaatari/Associated Press
Ashley Ahn
Thu Apr 23 2026 – 07:20•3 MIN READ
Israeli strikes killed one journalist and wounded another in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, rattling a tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.
The Lebanese ministry of public health said the Israeli military had targeted the journalists in the town of Tayri, where they took shelter in a nearby house after an air strike struck a vehicle in front of the car they were travelling in.
About an hour and a half later, a second strike hit the house they were hiding in, according to a statement by a Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, which employed the journalist who was killed.
The Lebanese Red Cross said its teams came under fire while trying to evacuate the journalists from the house, forcing them to withdraw. The rescue crews were targeted by a warning strike and machine-gun fire, the Lebanese health ministry said.
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