U.S. officials say they have concluded that gunfire from Israeli positions likely killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh but that there was “no reason to believe” her shooting was intentional.
U.S. lawmakers have pressed the Biden administration to demand a full investigation and accountability, and anger over the killing is hanging over Biden’s upcoming trip to the region.
Israel presented the findings as part of its own investigation, something that was likely to anger the Palestinian Authority. The PAwhile insisting it was still adamantly opposed to any cooperation with Israel. He did not address the U.S. conclusion that the bullet that struck her was likely fired from an Israeli position.
before being quietly closed and that soldiers are rarely held accountable. The Israeli rights group B'Tselem dismissed the U.S. announcement as a “whitewash.”
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