Rudy Martinez recounts the killing yesterday afternoon of Amal Khalil, a reporter for Lebanon’s Al-Akhbar by Israeli fire. She was reporting from near At-Tiri in Lebanon when an Israeli strike hit a vehicle near her, killing two people. She and journalist Zeinab Faraj took refuge in a house Israeli fire struck the house. Red Cross personnel tried to reach the house and were fired on.

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The Rest of the World Report | April 23, 2026 — Morning Edition

Israel has killed more journalists than any country in recorded history. This morning we tell that story. And Iran deposited its first Hormuz toll payment — in Bitcoin — into its central bank.

The Rest of the World Report

"The Committee to Protect Journalists had documented a direct, named death threat against Amal Khalil from the IDF in September 2024 — nineteen months before she died under rubble that paramedics were blocked from reaching. The head of Lebanon’s Union of Journalists accused Israel of deliberate targeting. The IDF said it had struck vehicles it believed came from a Hezbollah military structure and denied blocking rescue workers."

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"Khalil’s killing is not an isolated incident. It is the latest entry in a documented sequence. Since the Iran war began on February 28, Israeli strikes have killed at least nine journalists in Lebanon and Gaza. ...

The CPJ’s February 2026 report found Israel killed 86 of 129 journalists killed worldwide in 2025 — two thirds of all global press deaths, for the third consecutive year."

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"Al Jazeera reported this week that Israel has now killed more journalists than any other country in CPJ’s recorded history. The UN human rights experts, after the March 28 killings, called for an international independent investigation, describing the pattern as reflecting Israel’s being 'emboldened by impunity for previous killings of journalists in Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank.'”

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We cannot believe anything Israel says any more.