The American-Palestinian journalist was shot and killed on May 11 while covering an Israeli military operation in Jenin.
The Israeli army acknowledged for the first time today that there is a “high possibility” the journalist of the Arabic network Al Jazeera, Shirin Abu Aklehwas accidentally killed in May by an Israeli soldier.
The American-Palestinian journalist was shot and killed on May 11 while covering an Israeli military operation in Jenin, the stronghold of Palestinian armed groups in the occupied West Bank. West Bank. A special forces unit was attempting to arrest “suspects”, which led to armed clashes.
After the death of Shireen Abu Akleh, who was wearing a bulletproof vest marked “Press” and a helmet, the Palestinian Authority and Al Jazeera immediately accused the Israeli military of killing her. The Israel rejected the accusation, despite journalistic investigations and a UN report that said Israeli fire, but not intentional.
Today the military released the “final conclusions” of its investigation and admitted that a soldier fired in the journalist’s direction because he had mistaken her identity: “There is a strong possibility that Mrs. Abu Akleh was accidentally hit by Israeli army fire targeting suspects, whom we had identified as armed Palestinians.”. The military also explains that it “chronologically” reviewed the events, analyzed the location, videos and audio recorded on the spot, even conducted a “simulation of the scene” while Israeli experts conducted a ballistics examination of the bullet, in the presence of representatives of the Security Coordination Committee of the US for Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Due to the “poor condition of the bullet”, it is “difficult” to ascertain its origin, the military added, stressing that it cannot state its certainty “unreservedly” where the fatal shot came from. A high-ranking military official, in the briefing he gave to journalists, said, however, that “we are 100% sure” that no soldier fired intentionally at the journalist or other persons not involved in the operation.
An exhibition of State Departmentin July, concluded that Abu Aqleh was likely killed by gunfire from Israeli positions but that there was no evidence to suggest that she was deliberately targeted by Israeli forces.
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