'This was a targeted assassination': Colleague of slain journalist Amal Khalil

'This was a targeted assassination': Colleague of slain journalist Amal Khalil Journalist Courtney Bonneau described Israel's killing of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil as "a blatant murder", adding that she "executed in a targeted air strike". "This was a targeted assassination. ” Israeli strikes killed journalist Amal Khalil in the southern Lebanese town of at-Tiri on Wednesday after she reportedly took shelter inside a house from an earlier drone strike.