The Star-Ledger · Newark, New Jersey · 12 May 2022
CP-2022-003
Al Jazeera reporter killed during an Israeli raid in West Bank
Shireen Abu Akleh’s death could draw new scrutiny of Israel’s open-ended military justice system.
The Associated Press
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“Veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, one of the satellite channel’s best-known reporters, was shot and killed on Wednesday while covering an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank.
The broadcaster and two reporters who were with her blamed Israeli forces… The Israeli military initially suggested that Abu Akleh might have been killed by stray fire from Palestinians, but Gantz was more cautious Wednesday evening. ‘We are trying to figure out exactly what happened,’ he said.
‘I don’t have final conclusions.’… The head of the Palestinian forensics institute, Rayan al-Ali, said earlier Wednesday that the bullet was deformed, and that he could not yet determine who fired it… Abu Akleh, 51, was a respected and familiar face in the Middle East, known for her coverage on Al Jazeera Arabic of the harsh realities of Israel’s open-ended military occupation of the Palestinians, now in its 55th year.
She was widely recognized in the West Bank and was also a U.S. citizen… Lina Abu Akleh, her niece, called her ‘my best friend, my second mom, my companion.’… Five Palestinians were hurt and about half a dozen were detained.”
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The first day, and the military’s first account is stray fire from Palestinians.
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"Al Jazeera reporter killed during an Israeli raid in West Bank," The Star-Ledger, 12 May 2022, p. 1. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2022-003. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2022-003
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