(ANSA) – WASHINGTON, June 20 – The bullet that killed the Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh started from the position where an Israeli military convoy was located, most likely from a soldier of an elite unit. The New York Times claims this after an investigation that lasted over a month. Evidence examined by the US newspaper shows that there were no armed Palestinians near the Al Jazeera reporter when she was shot at the Jenin camp in the West Bank. A circumstance that would disprove the Israeli army’s claims that if an Israeli soldier had hit the journalist she would have done it by mistake.
According to the New York Times, moreover, as claimed by the Israeli army, 16 and not five shots were fired by the convoy on 11 May. The investigation was unable to prove whether the soldier who shot it noticed that Shireen Abu Akleh and her colleagues were wearing bulletproof vests that read ‘press’, ‘press’.
On May 26, the Palestinian Authority said its investigation, which included an autopsy and a forensic examination of the bullet, found that the Al Jazeera reporter had been killed by Israeli soldiers. The government also accused Israel of intentionally killing her, citing the fact that she was shot in the head from behind her despite her wearing a vest that identified her as a journalist.
Israel conducted a parallel investigation and requested a joint investigation with the Palestinian Authority to have the bullet examined by a group of international experts. Request that was refused by the Palestinian government. The results of the Israeli investigation have not yet been disclosed.
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Source: Ansa
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