Nyt, 'Palestinian reporter killed by Israeli bullet'

(ANSA) - WASHINGTON, June 20 - The bullet that killed the Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh started from the position in which 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 American newspaper shows that there were no armed Palestinians near the Al Jazeera reporter when she was shot in the Jenin camp in the West Bank.

A circumstance that would refute the Israeli army's claims that if an Israeli soldier had hit the journalist he 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 last 11 May.

The investigation failed to prove whether the soldier who fired the gun noticed that Shireen Abu Akleh and her colleagues were wearing bullet-jets 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 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.

   (HANDLE).