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Despite Ceasefire, Israel Kills 5 in Lebanon, Including Journalist Amal Khalil

HeadlineApr 23, 2026

In southern Lebanon, Israeli forces killed at least five people on Wednesday, despite the 10-day, U.S.-brokered ceasefire that’s supposed to remain in effect until Sunday. Among those killed was Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, a correspondent for the daily newspaper Al-Akhbar. Lebanon’s National News Agency reports she was killed after an initial Israeli strike hit a car in the village of at-Tiri, killing two people, before a follow-up strike targeted a building where Khalil and her colleague, photographer Zeinab Faraj, had taken shelter. Lebanese officials said they were “pursued” by Israeli drones and that Israeli troops blocked medics from reaching the injured reporters for hours. Al Jazeera reports Khalil had previously received direct threats from an Israeli phone number on WhatsApp, warning her to stop reporting. The Committee to Protect Journalists regional director Sara Qudah said, “The repeated strikes on the same location, the targeting of an area where journalists were sheltering, and the obstruction of medical and humanitarian access constitute a grave breach of international humanitarian law.” Khalil’s death is the latest in a series of Israeli attacks on journalists in southern Lebanon. Last month, three media workers were killed in a single Israeli strike.

Meanwhile, Haaretz reports Israeli soldiers are looting property from homes and businesses in southern Lebanon, stealing motorcycles, televisions, paintings, sofas and rugs on a wide scale.

A second round of U.S.-brokered talks between Israel and Lebanon is set to take place in Washington today, though Hezbollah remains excluded from the negotiations.

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