1. Al Jazeera reporter killed in cold blood
The Israeli army has admitted that its soldiers shot dead Palestinian journalist Yaser Murtaja in cold blood at close range while he was covering clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron.
2. Israel admits killing journalist
In a statement released late on Wednesday, the military said that two soldiers had been arrested over the incident.
3. Video shows slain journalist's body
Footage posted online appears to show Murtaja lying face down on the ground after being shot. He can then be seen writhing around before dying.
An Al Jazeera journalist was shot and killed during an Israeli assault in the involved West Bank on Wednesday, with the news channel blaming Israel for killing her "without a second thought".
However Israeli top state leader Naftali Bennett guaranteed that she might have been hit by Palestinian fire, Middle East Eye columnists said this declaration was misrepresented by geolocation of film from the scene:Read more
"Investigation of film of different occurrences on Wednesday, as well as observer accounts, bring up additional issues about Israel's case that Palestinian gunfire might have been answerable for Abu Akleh's passing.
"Geolocation of recordings shot in Jenin proposes that Palestinian shooters in the camp on Wednesday had no reasonable perspective on Abu Akleh and the gathering of writers, and that no battling gave off an impression of being occurring where they were as they showed up at the entry to the camp."
Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, a Palestinian-American, was wearing a press vest that obviously denoted her as a columnist while detailing in the city of Jenin, the Qatar-based outlet said. She was covering the most recent in strengthened military invasions in the West Bank sent off in the midst of dangerous Arab road assaults in Israel.
Bennett, in a statement, said that according to information Israel has gathered so far, “it appears likely that armed Palestinians — who were firing indiscriminately at the time — were responsible for the unfortunate death of the journalist.”Click here to access link
The Palestinian health ministry said she had been hit in the head by gunfire. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Al Jazeera described her death as blatant, cold-blooded murder by Israeli forces.
“Very said to learn of the death of American and Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh,” Tom Nides, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, wrote on Twitter. “I encourage a thorough investigation into the circumstances of her death and the injury of at least one other journalist today in Jenin.”
The UN Human Rights Commission says it was “appalled” by the shooting and called for an independent, transparent investigation
Ali Smoudi, a Palestinian journalist wounded alongside Abu Akleh, said Israeli forces “suddenly opened fire” at them during the operation.Read here
“They didn’t ask us to leave and they didn’t ask us to stop (filming). They fired at us. One bullet hit me and another hit Shireen. They killed her in cold blood,” Smoudi, treated at a hospital in Jenin, told Reuters.
Grievers assemble close to the assemblage of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed by Israeli armed force gunfire during an Israeli attack, as per the Qatar-based news channel, in Jenin in the Israeli-involved West Bank May 11, 2022. Israeli military said Abu Akleh might have been shot by Palestinians as they conflicted with its soldiers. Photograph: Reuters/Mohamad Torokman
In an articulation, the military said its soldiers had shot back in the wake of going under "monstrous discharge" in Jenin.
Israeli military representative Ran Kochav told Army Radio that Abu Akleh was near a gathering of outfitted Palestinians who had been terminating "loosely".BuyNow
Gotten some information about the tactical's comments, Smoudi said: "There were no opposition warriors close to us."
Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the US House of agents tweeted that the "killing of American writer Shireen Abu Akleh is [a] horrendous misfortune. A careful, objective examination is required now." While the Palestinian specialists have dismissed the test Israel has said it will lead, the US State Department communicated trust in Tel Aviv dealing with the request, saying, "Israel has the fortitude to direct an exhaustive examination"
Qatar's agent unfamiliar pastor, on Twitter, said Qatar "censures in the most grounded terms (the writer's) death by Israeli occupation powers".BuyNow
In a different episode on Wednesday, Israeli powers shot and killed a Palestinian during conflicts close to the West Bank town of Ramallah, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. There was no prompt Israeli remark.