Israel’s killing of journalist Amal Khalil was a war crime, rights group says
Human Rights Watch has determined that Israel committed a war crime when it killed journalist Amal Khalil in an airstrike in southern Lebanon. The rights group reviewed evidence, including photo and video footage, and concluded that Israel should have known Khalil and fellow journalist Zeinab Faraj were civilians. The incident occurred in April and has been widely condemned by rights groups and journalists.
- ▪Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of committing a war crime in the killing of journalist Amal Khalil.
- ▪The incident occurred in an airstrike in southern Lebanon in April.
- ▪Another journalist, Zeinab Faraj, was injured in the same airstrike.
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- ▪ Israeli strike that killed journalist in Lebanon was war crime, say rights groups — The Guardian — World
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By Mohamad El Chamaa, Scott Nover, Meg Kelly and Suzan HaidamousBEIRUT — Leading rights groups determined that Israel committed war crimes when it killed journalist Amal Khalil and injured another journalist in an airstrike in southern Lebanon in April.At a Beirut news conference Thursday, Human Rights Watch said it reviewed photo and video evidence, witness statements and a request to Israel’s military by the Lebanese Red Cross to access the site on April 22. The evidence, the New York-based group said, indicates that Israel either knew or should have known that Khalil and fellow journalist Zeinab Faraj were civilians. CommentsSign up
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