France, April 23 -- The strike on a house in southern Lebanon near the town of al-Tayri, killed journalist Amal Khalil, who had taken cover there while on assignment.

Rescue workers pulled photographer Zeinab Faraj, who was accompanying Khalil, from the scene with a head wound, but recovered Khalil's body from the rubble only hours later.

Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam condemned the targeting of journalists and the obstruction of relief efforts as "war crimes".

Israel denied the claims. It said that people in the village had violated the ceasefire first.

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Khalil, 43, had been covering the region since 2006 for the al-Akhbar daily newspaper. H...