Body of journalist for pro-Hezbollah daily pulled from rubble of home struck by IDF

Key Points:

• Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon's Israeli-held security zone, with her body recovered hours after the attack amid rescue efforts hindered by ongoing Israeli fire.
• The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the strike targeted Hezbollah operatives who crossed the "forward defense line" and maintained that they do not target journalists, though they are reviewing details regarding journalist casualties.
• The incident occurred as Israeli and Lebanese officials prepared for a second round of ceasefire talks in Washington, with Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam condemning the attack as a war crime and pledging to pursue accountability through international bodies.
• Khalil's death marks the ninth journalist killed in Lebanon this year amid escalating conflict since March 2, which has resulted in over 2,300 deaths according to Lebanese sources, while the IDF claims to have killed around 1,700 Hezbollah fighters.
• Previous Israeli airstrikes in the conflict have also killed multiple journalists affiliated with Hezbollah media outlets, including a correspondent accused by the IDF of being a Hezbollah intelligence operative.