Israel kills Al-Jazeera reporter in 'cold blood'

May 11, 2022 12:29

Shireen Abu Akleh. Pic courtesy: Al-Jazeera

A journalist for Al-Jazeera was shot and killed while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin early Wednesday.

Al-Jazeera blamed Israeli forces, who said they were investigating the incident.

Shireen Abu Akleh, a well-known Palestinian female reporter for the broadcaster's Arabic language channel, was shot and died soon afterward. Another Palestinian journalist working for the Jerusalem-based Al-Quds newspaper was wounded but in stable condition, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

In a statement flashed on its channel, it called on the international community to "condemn and hold the Israeli occupation forces accountable for deliberately targeting and killing our colleague, Shireen Abu Akleh. In video footage of the incident, Abu Akleh can be seen wearing a blue flak jacket clearly marked with the word PRESS. The Israeli military said its forces came under attack with heavy gunfire and explosives while operating in Jenin, and that they fired back. The military said it is investigating the event and looking into the possibility that the journalists were hit by the Palestinian gunmen.

Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said it had proposed to the Palestinian Authority a joint pathological investigation into the reporter's death. Journalists must be protected in conflict zones and we all have a responsibility to get to the truth, he tweeted.

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