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| Rescuers trying to help Amal Khalil were reportedly blocked from getting to her by an Israeli sound grenade. Photograph: Mohammed Zaatari/AP |
Israeli strike kills journalist after ongoing attacks blocked rescuers, Lebanon says
Amal Khalil had been buried in rubble after an Israeli strike that also injured another journalist, Zeinab Faraj
Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed a journalist on Wednesday after rescuers were blocked from accessing the building where she was buried under rubble because of further Israeli fire, according to several witnesses.
Amal Khalil was covering developments near the town of al-Tayri with the photographer Zeinab Faraj when an Israeli strike hit the vehicle in front of them.
They ran into a nearby house, which was then also targeted by an Israeli strike, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. Rescuers were able to retrieve Faraj, who had a head wound, according to Elsy Moufarrej, who runs the Union of Journalists in Lebanon.
When they returned to help Khalil, a sound grenade blocked their access to the damaged building, according to Lebanon’s health ministry, a senior Lebanese military official and press advocates.
The health ministry said Israel’s military “prevented the completion of the humanitarian mission by firing a sound grenade and live ammunition at the ambulance”.
She was later found dead by civil defence, who pulled her corpse from under the rubble.
In total Israeli strikes killed five people on Wednesday, including Khalil, despite the ongoing ceasefire.
Lebanon’s prime minister Nawaf Salam said the targeting of journalists and the obstruction of relief efforts constituted “war crimes”... READ MORE https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/lebanon-accuses-israel-of-blocking-attempt-to-rescue-journalist-after-bomb-strike