Amal Khalil was Lebanese journalist. She worked for Al-Akhbar newspaper. She born in 1984 in Al-Baisariyah, Sidon District. She started at Al Akhbar in 2006 and became correspondent in Tyre. Later she covered south Lebanon, UNIFIL, Palestinian camps, Hezbollah, and Lebanese Army.
On 22 April 2026, she and photojournalist Zeinab Faraj went to At-Tiri in south Lebanon. They covering 2026 Lebanon war. They wanted to check if Israeli forces withdrew. At about 2:30 p.m., an Israeli strike hit car in front of them. It killed Ali Nabil Bazzi and Mohammed al-Hourani. Khalil and Faraj left their car and sheltered near building. Khalil called Lebanese Civil Defense. A second strike hit their empty car between 3:21 and 3:42 p.m. and wounded Khalil. They moved inside building. At about 4:25 p.m., a third Israeli strike destroyed building. It trapped them under rubble.
Red Cross workers entered At-Tiri at about 5:00 p.m. and got Faraj out. She got serious injuries. A quadcopter dropped stun grenade near rescuers. Gunfire damaged ambulance. So rescuers had to pull back without reaching Khalil. Her body was recovered at about 11:00 p.m. Hospital said she had head injury and died of cardiac arrest around 7:00 p.m.
Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and The Legal Agenda did investigations in August 2026. They said Khalil and Faraj were civilians. They said attacks should be investigated as possible war crimes. And Khalil was ninth journalist killed in Lebanon in 2026.
In September 2024, her family home got hit in Israeli raid. She told Al Jadeed she got threatening phone call from Israeli number. It warned her to leave south and threatened to destroy her home and decapitate her. After she died, Israeli commentator Gideon Gal Ben Avraham was identified as person who made call.
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