Sri Lanka, April 23 -- Prime Minister of Lebanon Nawaf Salam has condemned the killing of journalist Amal Khalil, while accusing Israel of war crimes.

Lebanon journalist Amal Khalil was killed and photographer Zeinab Faraj, who was accompanying her was wounded after Israeli forces launched airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Wednesday, Reuters reported citing a senior Lebanese military official and Khalil's employer, the Al-Akhbar newspaper.

In a post on X, Salam wrote, "Targeting journalists, obstructing access to them by relief teams, and even targeting their locations again after these teams arrive constitutes described war crimes. Israel's targeting of media workers in the south while they carry out their professional duties is no lon...