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Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and Lebanons Legal Agenda have released investigations finding that Israeli strikes on 22 April in al-Tiri have targeted journalists Amal Khalil and Zeinab Faraj, described the attacks as war crimes and said Israeli forces impeded rescue efforts. Israel has denied deliberately targeting journalists and said it struck Hezbollah-linked targets.
Lebanon's parliament has voted to abolish the death penalty, replacing it with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labour. The measure passed Tuesday by a parliamentary majority, opposed by Hezbollah's bloc, and will go to cabinet and then President Joseph Aoun for signature. Implementation details and prison capacity remain unclear.