Shireen Abu Akleh, a veteran reporter for the Al Jazeera news network, was shot and killed during an Israeli military raid into the West Bank city of Jenin
A veteran reporter for the Al Jazeera news network was shot and killed early Wednesday during an Israeli military raid into the West Bank city of Jenin.The Palestinian Health Ministry said Ms. Abu Akleh was killed by gunfire from Israeli forces and died from a shot to the head. The ministry added that a second journalist, Ali Al-Samudi, who works for the Jerusalem-based Al Quds newspaper, was shot and injured during the incident.
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said in a tweet that Israel had offered to conduct a joint pathological investigation into the killing of Ms. Abu Akleh. “Journalists must be protected in conflict zones and we all have a responsibility to get to the truth,” Mr. Lapid wrote. following clashes at one of Jerusalem’s most contested holy sites, condemned the killing of Ms. Abu Akleh and canceled a news conference scheduled for Wednesday morning.
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