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Amal Khalil was a well-known and respected journalist here in Lebanon.

She had actually received direct threats during the last war from an Israeli phone number on WhatsApp, asking her to cease her reporting, in fact, telling her that she should leave Lebanon if she wanted her head to remain on her shoulders.

The Israeli military, in a statement, denied reports that it had been preventing rescue teams from reaching the scene, and additionally, said that they do not target journalists.

But it was less than a month ago that three journalists here in southern Lebanon were killed in a double-tap attack.

Their vehicle was hit. It was hit again, and then, rescue workers who went to the scene were subsequently targeted.

And in a statement after that attack, the Israeli army attempted to smear one of those journalists by posting a photo, which they later admitted was photoshopped, alleging that he was a member of Hezbollah’s elite special forces.

This has been systematic targeting of journalists and medics here in southern Lebanon, and the information minister, Paul Morcos, has called this latest attack a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law.