Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon kill one journalist and wound another
The Facts
- One journalist, Amal Khalil, was killed and another, Zeinab Faraj, was wounded in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on Wednesday.
- The incident took place in the village or town of al-Tayri (also rendered al-Tiri) in southern Lebanon.
- Amal Khalil worked for the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar.
- Khalil and Faraj took shelter in a house after an earlier strike hit near the vehicle they were traveling in, and the house was later struck.
- An earlier strike in the area killed two other people before the strike on the house.
- Lebanese rescue teams said they were initially unable to fully evacuate the journalists because fire near the scene forced them to withdraw.
- The Israeli military said it did not target journalists and denied preventing rescue teams from reaching the area.
- The strikes rattled or raised concerns about the stability of the cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon.
Context
Who were the journalists involved?
The journalist who was killed was Amal Khalil, a reporter for the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, and the injured journalist was Zeinab Faraj, described as a freelance photographer BBC,NDTV,News18.
What do reports say happened before the fatal strike?
Multiple reports say Khalil and Faraj were traveling near al-Tayri when an earlier Israeli strike hit the vehicle in front of them or landed near their car. They then ran into a nearby house for shelter, and that house was later struck NYT,News18,Independent.
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