Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil killed in Israel airstrike

BEIRUT: A Lebanese journalist identified as Amal Khalil (43) was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon. The death was confirmed by a Lebanese military spokesman and the Al-Akhbar newspaper where Amal worked. Freelance photographer Zeinab Faraj, who was with Amal, was injured in the attack.

Amal and Zeinab were reporting in the village of Al-Tiri in southern Lebanon when the Israeli attack occurred. They ran to a nearby house, but an Israeli missile attack killed Amal Khalil shortly after. Amal, who was trapped in the rubble of a building, was taken out hours later. Zeinab, who suffered a head injury, was taken to a nearby hospital by Lebanese rescue workers. The death toll from Wednesday's Israeli attack rose to five.

استشهدت مراسلة الأخبار في جنوب لبنان الزميلة آمال خليل بعد ملاحقة طائرات جيش العدو لها، واستهدافها بعدد من الغارات التي أصابت سيارتها أولاً، ثم البيت الذي لجأت إليه، في استهداف واضح للصحافة والصحافيين في لبنان. pic.twitter.com/NKnb0jvaAe

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