\n The two journalists had taken shelter during a series of strikes in the town of Tayri in southern Lebanon when the building they were in was hit.\n <\/p>\n
\n Lebanese authorities also accused Israeli forces of trying to prevent emergency workers from rescuing them, with Red Cross workers taking Faraj to a hospital under \u201chostile gunfire,\u201d according to NNA.\n <\/p>\n
\n The strikes also killed several other people, NNA reported.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cTargeting journalists and obstructing the access of rescue teams to them, and then the renewed targeting of those teams after they\u2019d arrived, constitute described war crimes,\u201d Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam posted to X.\n <\/p>\n
\n He said Israeli attacks on media workers were no longer \u201cisolated incidents\u201d but \u201can established method which we condemn.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n The Israeli military acknowledged that two journalists had been injured as a result of the strikes but said it \u201cdoes not target journalists and acts to mitigate harm to them while maintaining the safety and security of its troops.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
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\n It insisted it had not prevented teams from accessing the area and said that details surrounding the incident were under review.\n <\/p>\n
\n It said its forces in southern Lebanon had seen two vehicles coming from a \u201cmilitary structure\u201d it says was used by Hezbollah. It said the \u201cterrorists\u201d in the vehicles approached the forces in a threatening manner. The military then attacked one of the vehicles and a building from which the individuals had fled.\n <\/p>\n
\n CNN cannot independently verify either the Lebanese or Israeli accounts.\n <\/p>\n
\n The airstrikes occurred during a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, aimed at pausing fighting with Iran-backed Hezbollah, that has been in place since last Friday.\n <\/p>\n
\n A second round of direct talks between Israeli and Lebanese officials is scheduled for Thursday in Washington, according to an Israeli official and a State Department official.\n <\/p>\n
\n Israel\u2019s attacks on Wednesday prompted an outcry from groups including the United Nations and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cCPJ holds Israeli forces responsible for the endangerment of Amal Khalil\u2019s life and the injuries Zeinab Faraj sustained after the targeted strike on their location,\u201d CPJ Regional Director Sara Qudah said on Wednesday.\n <\/p>\n
\n According to the CPJ Israel was responsible for two-thirds of all journalist and media worker killings in 2025.\n <\/p>\n
\n Earlier this month, UN experts called for an international independent investigation after the Israeli military killed three reporters in Lebanon, including one who worked for a Hezbollah-run broadcaster.\n <\/p>\n