Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said that 'we hold the Israeli occupation authorities totally responsible' for fatally shooting Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh as she covered an army raid in the occupied West Bank Wednesday.
Speaking during Abu Akleh's state memorial in Ramallah, Abbasthousands of mourners gathered at the presidential palace that"Shireen was a voice of truth, a national voice, conveying the suffering of the mothers of martyrs and prisoners, of Jerusalem, and of refugee camps. Abu Akleh was killed conveying the message of the Palestinian people."
"They committed the crime and we do not trust them," the Palestinian leader said of the Israelis, adding that he would"turn immediately to the International Criminal Court to prosecute the criminals."alleged Israeli war crimes, crimes against humanity, and apartheid in the illegally occupied West Bank and besieged Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, an initial internal IDF probe reportedly found that though she was likely standing near armed terrorists, Israeli troops did not fire at her.reported that the bullet in question is a 5.56×45 mm NATO round, which is used by both Israeli troops and Palestinian terrorists for weapons, including M16 and M4 assault rifles.