Amal Khalil is a Lebanese journalist and field reporter for the daily newspaper Al-Akhbar who was killed while covering the armed conflict in southern Lebanon in a context of escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah and increasing risks faced by media workers reporting from the frontlines. Khalil had built a reputation for documenting the impact of conflict on civilian populations in southern Lebanon, where she had reported for many years on military operations, infrastructure destruction and humanitarian conditions, often challenging dominant narratives about the conflict. On 22 April 2026, while reporting near the village of Al-Tayri in southern Lebanon during a fragile ceasefire, Amal Khalil was travelling with fellow journalist Zeinab Faraj when an Israeli airstrike struck a nearby vehicle, forcing them to seek shelter in a residential building. The building was subsequently hit by additional strikes in what has been described by multiple sources as a “double-tap” attack, trapping Amal Khalil under the rubble and seriously injuring her colleague. Rescue efforts were significantly delayed, with reports indicating that Israeli forces obstructed access to the site, including through continued shelling, the use of stun grenades and fire directed near emergency responders, preventing timely medical assistance. Amal Khalil died at the scene before she could be extracted, and her body was only recovered hours later. Prior to her killing, Khalil had reportedly received threats warning her to leave southern Lebanon, suggesting that she may have been specifically targeted in connection with her reporting. Her death occurred despite the presence of a ceasefire agreement and has been widely condemned by international organisations including the Gulf centre for Human Rights and the Committee to Protect Journalists, which stated that the apparent targeting of journalists and obstruction of rescue operations may constitute a violation of international humanitarian law.