Shireen Abu Akleh: Israeli Forces Kill Journalist

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Israeli forces have shot dead Al Jazeera Correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank. She was killed while covering Israeli military’s storming of the Jenin refugee camp.

- Veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh has been shot and killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.

- The 51-year-old was covering an Israeli army raid on the Jenin refugee camp when she was shot in the face by a single bullet, despite wearing a press vest.

- Another Palestinian journalist, Ali al-Samoudi, was wounded in the back but is in stable condition.

- Al Jazeera, in a statement, said Abu Akleh was “assassinated in cold blood” and called on the international community to hold Israeli forces responsible.

( Source: Al Jazeera )

 


  Category: Featured, Videos, World Affairs
  Topics: Israel, Journalists, Palestine, West Bank
Views: 763

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