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Injured Lebanese reporter speaks about Amal Khalil
April 25, 2026
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A Lebanese journalist who was wounded in an Israeli airstrike that killed her colleague this week described hours of agony as they waited for help to arrive in an interview with The Associated Press Friday. Zeinab Faraj, a young freelance photographer and video journalist, frequently moved on assignment with Amal Khalil, a longtime correspondent in southern Lebanon with the Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar.
The two were driving behind a relative of Faraj in the village of al-Tiri on Wednesday - five days after a fragile truce was implemented between Israel and Hezbollah - planning to cover the post-ceasefire situation in the area when an Israeli strike hit the car in front of them, Faraj said, speaking from the Beirut hospital where she is recovering. The women pulled over and tried to take shelter on the side of the road as a drone remained in the sky overhead. About an hour later, a second strike hit Khalil’s car, next to them. Shortly after that, she said, she heard the sound of a missile falling. A third strike hit the building where the two journalists were sheltering. Faraj was thrown out of the shop by the impact while Khalil was trapped inside. A rescue team arrived and was able to pull Faraj out of the rubble and evacuate her as well as the bodies of the two people killed in the strike on the first car. But according to Lebanon’s health ministry, the Israeli military opened fire on the Red Cross ambulance that arrived to rescue Khalil, forcing it to turn back. Faraj had lost consciousness and said she was unaware that Khalil had not been rescued along with her until hours later. Subscribe: http://trt.world/subscribe Livestream: http://trt.world/ytlive Facebook: http://trt.world/facebook X (Twitter): http://trt.world/twitter Instagram: http://trt.world/instagram TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@trtworld WhatsApp: trtworld.com/whatsapp Telegram: https://t.me/trtworld Visit our website: http://trt.world
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