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US: Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh ‘likely’ killed by Israeli gunfire

American-Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed on May 11 in the occupied West Bank, was “probably” the victim of gunfire from a position of Israeli forces, while American experts have “no reason” to believe that the shooting was intentional, the Palestinian Authority announced today. State Department.

The US analysis, however, could not reach a definitive conclusion as to the origin of the bullet that killed the Al-Jazeera reporter, who was covering an Israeli military operation in Jenin that day, as the bullet had “a lot of damage”. the announcement says.

After the State Department’s announcement, the Israeli military said it would continue to look into the shooting of Shireen Abu Akleh, saying a decision on whether to launch a criminal investigation would be made after the military’s operational review is complete.

A senior Palestinian official accused the US of protecting Israel.

“The truth is clear, but the US government continues to delay in announcing it,” Wassel Abu Youssef, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee, told Reuters. “We say that Israel killed Shireen Abu Akleh and must be held responsible for the crime it committed,” he stressed.

SOURCE: APE-ME

Source: Capital

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