Women watch an Al Jazeera obituary on television at the family home of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the Palestinian neighborhood of Beit Hanina in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday, after she was killed while that she was covering an Israeli army raid on a refugee from Jenin camp in the occupied West Bank.
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Women watch an Al Jazeera obituary on television at the family home of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the Palestinian neighborhood of Beit Hanina in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday, after she was killed while that she was covering an Israeli army raid on a refugee from Jenin camp in the occupied West Bank.
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Veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed while reporting for Al Jazeera on an Israeli army raid in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the broadcaster reported on Wednesday. Al Jazeera Says Israeli Force Killed Abu Akleh; the Israeli army says it believes it was hit by Palestinian fire.
Abu Akleh, a 51-year-old US citizen, was covering a military raid on Jenin refugee camp ‘when she was hit in the face by a single bullet while wearing a press vest’, Al Jazeera said. . He said the TV correspondent was “murdered in cold blood” after being targeted by Israeli forces.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett issued a statement saying, “Based on the information we have gathered, it seems likely that armed Palestinians – who were firing indiscriminately at the time – were responsible for the journalist’s unfortunate death.”
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