Amal Khalil, a Lebanese journalist and reporter for Al-Akhbar, died on April 22, 2026, when she was killed in an Israel Defense Forces airstrike in Southern Lebanon while covering the Israel-Hezbollah war.
She died in a house where she had taken cover during multiple Israeli airstrikes, according to the information provided. Khalil was from Al-Baisariyah, a coastal village in the Saida district of Southern Lebanon.
She was the ninth journalist killed in Lebanon in 2026.
Amal Khalil, Lebanese journalist, airstrike.