The body of prominent Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil was pulled from the rubble of a building in the southern village of al-Tiri on Wednesday, hours after an Israeli air strike trapped her and freelance photojournalist Zeinab Faraj inside.
Khalil, a journalist for the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, was last heard from at around 4:10 pm, when she called her family and the Lebanese military.
A senior Lebanese military official quoted by Reuters confirmed the body was recovered from the rubble.
Lebanon’s Information Minister Paul Morcos and the country’s National News Agency have confirmed her death.
Khalil and Faraj had been on assignment, reporting on attacks on the nearby southern village of Bint Jbeil, when a direct strike hit the building they had taken shelter in — seconds after an Israeli attack on a civilian vehicle on the main road in al-Tiri, according to Lebanon’s Al-Jadeed TV.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Israel had “pursued” the two journalists by “targeting” the shelter.
