Human Rights Watch has called on the government of Lebanon to “accede to the International Criminal Court’s Rome Statute” and submit a declaration allowing the Court to “investigate and prosecute crimes committed in Lebanon since October 2023,” according to the organisation’s post on X.
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Emotional scenes from the funeral of journalist Amal Khalil in her hometown of Bissariyeh
Emotional scenes from the funeral of journalist Amal Khalil in her hometown of Bissariyeh
Huge crowds mourn Lebanese journalist killed in strike
Huge crowds of mourners gathered in Baisariyeh, southern Lebanon, today for the funeral of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike yesterday.
Lebanon accuses Israel of war crime after drone strike kills journalist
Amal Khalil, 43, a journalist with the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, bled to death in the ruins of a building that was hit in an Israeli drone strike after Israeli forces‘ gunfire prevented ambulance crews from reaching her „for nearly four hours,“ according to Lebanon‘s Union of Journalists.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam accused Israel of war crimes in a social media post Wednesday, saying Israel‘s „targeting of media workers in the south while they carry out their professional duties is no longer isolated incidents, but … an established approach that we condemn and reject.“
Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil found dead after being trapped in rubble following Israeli strike, obstruction of rescue
CPJ earlier warned that Israel’s obstruction of rescue efforts may amount to a war crime and said it was alarmed by reports that Khalil had received a direct death threat attributed to the IDF in September 2024, raising serious concerns of deliberate targeting.
Khalil, a reporter for the newspaper Al-Akhbar, and Faraj, a freelance photojournalist, were both on assignment, reporting on recent attacks on the southern village of Bint Jbeil. En route, they became trapped under rubble after a direct strike hit the building they were sheltering in, according to Al-Jadeed TV, just after a strike on a nearby civilian vehicle on the main road in Al Tayri. The destruction and direct fire at ambulances prevented rescue operations from reaching the site.
Khalil was last heard from at approximately 4:10 p.m., according to news reports and colleagues CPJ spoke to, when she called her family and the Lebanese military.
The Red Cross was granted limited access to the site, which remained under active fire. It was able to evacuate Faraj, who reportedly sustained critical head injuries, and two other civilian who were killed, before being forced to withdraw due to continued shelling and the direct firing on rescue crews and vehicles, according to news reports.