The Philadelphia Inquirer · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · 27 May 2022
CP-2022-008
Palestinians say journalist killed by Israeli forces
Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh was trying to flee when she was shot, an investigation found.
Imad Isseid, The Associated Press, Ramallah, West Bank
Transcribed from the clipping
“RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian Authority on Thursday announced the results of its investigation into the shooting death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, saying it had proven she was deliberately killed by Israeli forces as she tried to flee. Israel rejected the findings, with Defense Minister Benny Gantz calling them ‘a blatant lie.’… Palestinian Attorney General Akram Al Khateeb said he had determined there were no militants in the immediate area where Abu Akleh was located. ‘The only shooting was by the occupation forces, with the aim of killing,’ he said… Israeli Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi said it was impossible to know who fired the bullet… ‘But there is one thing that can be determined with certainty,’ the military chief said. ‘No soldier fired intentionally at a journalist. We investigated that. We checked it. That is the conclusion. There is no other.’”
Photograph caption
Bullet holes on a tree are marked with tape as a portrait and flowers create a makeshift memorial at the site where Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed in the West Bank city of Jenin. AP, File.
Context added by this archive
Both investigations, both denials and both named officials, in one Associated Press dispatch sixteen days after the killing.
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"Palestinians say journalist killed by Israeli forces," The Philadelphia Inquirer, 27 May 2022. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2022-008. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2022-008
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