Overview
- Amal Khalil, a veteran Al-Akhbar reporter, was killed Wednesday in al-Tiri after she sheltered from an initial blast and a second strike hit the house, while colleague Zeinab Faraj was pulled out with serious injuries.
- Lebanon’s health ministry and rescue workers said teams came under Israeli fire and were delayed for hours from reaching Khalil, a claim the Israeli military denies as it reviews the incident.
- The UN human rights office reported Friday that Israeli strikes on residential buildings in Lebanon and Hezbollah’s unguided rockets into Israel may breach the laws of war, and warned that deliberate attacks on journalists could be war crimes.
- The United States announced Thursday a three-week extension of the Israel–Lebanon truce, yet both sides reported fresh fire and Israel kept forces inside a self-declared buffer zone in southern Lebanon.
- Lebanese authorities say nearly 2,500 people have been killed since March 2 and at least nine journalists have died, prompting condemnation from officials and press groups and renewed calls for accountability and better protection for media workers.