The Israeli army acknowledged that there was a “high likelihood” that a soldier killed a well-known Palestinian American journalist working for Al Jazeera.
A veteran Al Jazeera correspondent who was shot dead while reporting on an Israeli raid in the West Bank was a highly respected and familiar face in the Middle East.Al Jazeera’s local bureau chief, Walid Al-Omari, accused the army of trying to escape responsibility. “This is clearly an attempt to circumvent the opening of a criminal investigation,” he told the Associated Press.
The official did not explain why witness accounts and videos showed limited militant activity in the area, as well as no gunfire in the vicinity, until the barrage that struck Abu Akleh and wounded another reporter. The family also reiterated its call for an independent U.S. investigation and a probe by the International Criminal Court.
An Associated Press reconstruction of her killing lent support to witness accounts that she was killed by Israeli forces. Subsequent investigations by CNN, the New York Times and the Washington Post reached similar conclusions, as did monitoring by the office of the United Nations human rights chief.An Israeli military body has released a list of rules and restriction for foreigners wanting to enter Palestinian areas of the West Bank.
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Israeli military admits Shireen Abu Akleh likely killed by Israeli fire, but won't charge soldiersThe Israel Defense Forces have admitted for the first time that there is a “high possibility” Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed by Israeli fire while covering an Israeli military operation in Jenin
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Israeli army: 'High possibility' soldier killed reporterBREAKING: An Israeli military probe found a soldier likely killed veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in errant fire. An official says there will be no criminal probe, meaning no punishment for the soldier or others in the military.
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