Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil died in the Israeli attack, his body was buried in the rubble for 6 hours.

Despite all claims of peace and repeated peace talks, the war between Israel and Hezbollah continues. Along with the soldiers and fighters, the general public is also having to bear the brunt of it. An example of this has emerged from southern Lebanon where a Lebanese journalist was killed in an Israeli attack on Wednesday. Journalist Amal Khalil, who was hiding in a house to escape Israeli airstrikes, was buried under the rubble of the same house that was also hit. Due to ongoing firing from both sides, he could not be evacuated for 6 hours and he died.

According to the Lebanese newspaper ‘Al-Akhbar’, its correspondent Amal Khalil went to the village of Al-Tiri in southern Lebanon on Wednesday. She had been covering the resurgent conflict between Israel and the Lebanese extremist organization Hezbollah since early March. It is reported that she was traveling by car with a companion when the Israeli attack approached. After this, both took shelter in a nearby house to save their lives. The first attack killed two people, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.

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Firing also took place during the rescue

Sometime later, Israel targeted the same house where Amal Khalil and his associate Zainab Faraz had taken refuge. Lebanon’s health ministry said rescue teams rushed to the scene and took out the seriously injured Faraj. The bodies of two people killed in the first attack have also been recovered.

However, when the rescue workers were trying to reach Amal Khalil, they had to retreat due to Israeli army firing. Amal Khalil was buried under the debris for several hours. Rescue workers from the Lebanese Army, Civil Defense and the Lebanese Red Cross were able to reach the scene after a long time. His body was recovered late at night at least six hours after the attack.

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Lebanon’s Information Minister Paul Morkos has said, “The killing of journalists is a crime and a gross violation of international and humanitarian law.” Amal Khalil, a resident of South Lebanon, was reporting from that region for ‘Al-Akhbar’ since 2006. With his death, the number of journalists killed in Lebanon this year has increased to 9.