Shireen Abu Akleh ‘likely’ shot from Israeli position

Published on: 04/07/2022 – 17:29 The death of American-Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on May 11 in the occupied West Bank was “likely” due to a shooting from an Israeli position, the Department of American State, specifying that it has “no reason”, according to the investigators, to conclude to an intentional shooting. Nearly two months after the death of Shireen Abu Akleh, US experts believe the US-Palestinian journalist was likely killed by unintended fire from Israeli positions, the US State Department said on Monday (July 4th). The American analysis, however, could not reach a definitive conclusion as to the origin of the bullet that killed the Al-Jazeera correspondent, who was covering an Israeli military operation in Jenin that day, the projectile being ” very damaged,” the statement said. American experts have “no reason” to believe it was an intentional shooting, they explained. The Palestinian Authority denounces an attempt to “hide the truth” The Palestinian Authority reacted very quickly . “We do not accept attempts to hide the truth and we are not afraid to accuse Israel (…) which bears responsibility for the assassination of Shireen Abu Akleh”, commented on Twitter a Palestinian tenor, the Minister of Civil Affairs, Hussein al-Sheikh. Both the Palestinian Authority and Al-Jazeera and Al-Jazeera-funding country Qatar immediately accused the Israeli army of killing her. semi-automatic rifle Ruger Mini-14, according to the Palestinian prosecutor – to the Americans for expertise, the latter having undertaken to return it to the Palestinians. Israel continues to affirm that it is impossible to know the exact origin of the shooting, Israeli or Palestinian, and continues to rule out deliberate firing in any case. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights concluded on June 24 that the Israeli army was responsible, a investigation dismissed as “baseless” by Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz. “The United States (…) continues to encourage cooperation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in this important matter” and “urges that accounts are rendered” in the matter, added on Monday the spokesman for American diplomacy, Ned Price. These latest developments come less than ten days before a visit by American President Joe Biden to Israel and the West Bank, a Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967, as part of his first tour of the Middle East. East since his accession to the White House. With AFP and Reuters