Lebanon's prime minister has accused Israel of war crimes after Israeli air strikes killed one journalist and wounded another in southern Lebanon on Wednesday. The strike killed Amal Khalil, who worked for a Lebanese newspaper, and injured freelance photographer Zeinab Faraj. Officials in Lebanon say they were deliberately targeted as they sought shelter in a home after an initial air strike hit the vehicle in front of them, killing two men. The officials also accused the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) of intentionally targeting a marked ambulance as it tried to reach the journalists in the village of Tayri. The IDF denied that it was preventing rescue teams from reaching the area and said it did not target journalists. Journalists Khalil, 43, who worked for Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, and Faraj were travelling together. The two men who died have not been named by officials. Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said: Targeting journalists, obstructing access to them by relief teams, and even targeting their locations again after these teams arrive constitutes described war crimes. He accused Israel of repeatedly targeting media workers in southern Lebanon in what he described as an established approach. Salam offered condolences to Khalil's family and said that Lebanon would pursue the crimes before the competent international forums. In a statement, the IDF said it does not target journalists and acts to mitigate harm to them while maintaining the safety and security of its troops. The IDF said it identified two vehicles that had departed from a military structure used by Hezbollah. One of the vehicles had approached Israeli troops in a manner that was an immediate threat after crossing a forward defence line, violating a ceasefire, the statement said. The IDF said the Israeli Air Force then struck one of the vehicles, and that the structure from which the individuals had fled was also struck. The Lebanese health ministry said the IDF pursued Khalil and Faraj, who had taken refuge from the first raid in a nearby house, targeting the house where they had sought shelter. When a Lebanese Red Cross ambulance arrived to treat the wounded, Israeli forces directed a stun grenade and gunfire toward it, preventing it from reaching them, the ministry said in a statement. This constitutes a blatant double violation: obstructing the rescue efforts of a citizen known for her civic media activism, and targeting an ambulance clearly marked with the Red Cross emblem, the health ministry said.