Lebanese Journalist Amal Khalil Killed by Israeli Airstrike
Amal Khalil dies in Al-Tiri after Israeli forces allegedly trap her, block rescue teams, and strike her location twice.
- Publish date: Thursday، 23 April 2026 Reading time: two min read
Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil was confirmed dead on Wednesday following a deadly Israeli airstrike in the southern town of Al-Tiri, her employer, the Beirut-based newspaper Al-Akhbar, announced. Khalil, a veteran correspondent who had been covering the Israel-Hezbollah conflict since October 2023, was recovering her body from beneath the rubble hours after the attack, according to civil defense officials.
The tragedy unfolded as Khalil and photographer Zeinab Faraj were reporting on developments near the town. According to reports from Lebanon's health ministry, senior military officials, and press advocates, the pair were initially pursued by Israeli aircraft. An Israeli strike first hit a vehicle in front of them, prompting the journalists to flee into a nearby house for cover. That house was subsequently targeted by a second airstrike, killing Khalil.
Authorities in Lebanon have accused Israeli forces of deliberately trapping the journalists and obstructing humanitarian efforts. The National News Agency (NNA) stated that Israeli forces prevented the Red Cross and the Lebanese army from accessing the site immediately after the initial drone strike, which had already claimed the lives of two other civilians.
The situation escalated when an evacuation team attempted to reach the site. The Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI) reported that the team was forced to withdraw after coming under fire from a warning stun grenade.
Further reports indicated that a subsequent Israeli strike targeted the main road linking Al-Tiri to Haddatha, seemingly in an attempt to block ambulance teams from reaching the injured and the deceased.
While photographer Zeinab Faraj was seriously injured and managed to be transported to a hospital along with the bodies of the two civilians killed in the first strike, Khalil remained trapped under the debris until rescuers could finally reach her later in the day. Several other people, including journalists, were wounded in the second airstrike.
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