"Khalil and Faraj were reporting on an earlier Israeli attack when they were targeted while fleeing towards a building to take shelter. Paramedics rescued Faraj and recovered Khalil's body from the rubble hours later."
"Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has accused Israel of crimes against humanity for killing journalist Amal Khalil and wounding her colleague Zeinab Faraj in an air strike."
"Rescue workers initially tried to reach the veteran Al Akhbar journalist, but came under Israeli fire and were forced to withdraw, according to Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health."
"Khalil had been covering a renewed escalation of hostilities between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah, which resumed in early March amid wider regional tensions linked to the US-Israel war on Iran."
Amal Khalil was killed and Zeinab Faraj injured in a double-tap air strike by Israeli forces in al-Tayri, Lebanon. Khalil was reporting on an earlier attack when they were targeted while seeking shelter. Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam condemned the strike as a crime against humanity. Rescue efforts were hampered by Israeli fire, delaying access to Khalil, whose body was recovered hours later. Khalil was the ninth journalist killed in Lebanon this year, highlighting the dangers faced by reporters in conflict zones amid escalating tensions.
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