According to Al Jazeera, his journalist
Shireen Abu Aqleh
died in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, killed in "cold blood" by Israeli forces.
The second journalist involved,
Ali Samodi
- according to the Palestinian health ministry - he was shot in the back but his condition is not serious.
Samoudi who works for the 'Al Quds' network - cited by Wafa - said that together with his colleague from Al Jazeera he was with a group of other reporters in "the vicinity of the UNRWA schools near the Jenin camp", and that " everyone wore helmets and journalist uniforms ".
She then added that the group "was directly targeted by the occupation forces".
Palestinian Shireen Abu Aqleh was considered an information veteran in the area and had worked for Al Jazeera since 1997. The broadcaster - quoted by the media - said she was "killed in cold blood" in what she called "a crime. horrendous that breaks international norms ".
The Israeli army (IDF) is investigating the "possibility" that Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Aqleh and another reporter "were shot by armed Palestinians" during this morning's clashes in Jenin refugee camp, West Bank.
Aqleh later died of her injuries.
The military spokesman said that in the operation in Jenin "there was a massive fire by dozens of armed Palestinians against the soldiers".
Abu Mazen
's presidency
condemned "the crime of execution by the Israeli occupation forces of the journalist Shireen Abu Akleh".
The Wafa agency reports.
Abu Mazen said he held "the Israeli government fully responsible for this heinous crime", stressing that it is part "of the daily policy pursued by the occupation against our people, their land and their holy places".