An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon’s Tyre city on Wednesday, April 22, killed Amal Khalil, a journalist for the newspaper Al-Akhbar, and seriously injured another reporter, Zainab Faraj. According to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA), Khalil was hit while on professional duty. She is the fourth media worker killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon since March.

Lebanon’s Health Ministry and state media reported that Faraj was injured while rescuers tried to free Khalil from the rubble. The Lebanese Red Cross transported Faraj to Tibnin Hospital. Authorities said the journalists had taken shelter in a nearby house after an initial strike, which was later targeted again, killing two other people and injuring several others.

The Israeli military acknowledged that two journalists were wounded but denied obstructing rescue operations, claiming the strike targeted two suspected vehicles linked to a Hezbollah military site. The United Nations and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned the attack on journalists.