Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Wounded Lebanese journalist recounts hours of agony when Israeli strike killed colleague
https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-journalist-killed-amal-khalil-4dd23ffb0fd8146253b686e5acfc076d
[with video]
from #AssociatedPress #AP
April 26, 2026
As they passed through the village, Khalil holding her phone out the window to film, an #Israel strike hit the car in front of them, Faraj said, speaking from the Beirut hospital where she is recovering.
The women pulled over and got out of the car, hunkering down on the side of the road as a drone remained in the sky overhead. About an hour later, a second strike hit #AmalKhalil’s car, next to them.
“Amal was crawling, she was wounded — her nose and head and shoulder and leg,” Faraj recalled, speaking with difficulty with her face swollen and bruised. Faraj said Khalil had also suffered burn wounds after the targeted car next to them caught fire.
The journalists were able to speak with their families and colleagues. Faraj said Khalil had put on a brave face...
Wounded Lebanese journalist recounts hours of agony when Israeli strike killed colleague
A Lebanese journalist wounded in an Israeli airstrike that killed her colleague describes hours of agony as they waited for help. Zeinab Faraj, a freelance photographer, was with Amal Khalil, a correspondent for Al-Akhbar, when their car was hit Wednesday. They were covering the post-ceasefire situation in southern Lebanon. Faraj says they took shelter after a first strike, but a second hit Khalil’s car. Faraj managed to find refuge in a shop. A third strike later hit their shelter, trapping Khalil. Rescue teams eventually evacuated Faraj, but Khalil was found dead. Faraj believes Khalil could have survived with faster help.
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