Al Jazeera denounces Israel in The Hague over the death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

Al Jazeera has denounced Israel to the International Criminal Court in The Hague over the death of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, killed last May in Jenin in the West Bank in clashes with the army.

The media reported that the Qatari broadcaster has new evidence showing that Israeli soldiers fired directly at the journalist.

"The thesis that Shireen - said the network - was killed by mistake in an exchange of blows is completely unfounded".

Al Jazeera specified that the new evidence is based on new testimonies of people on the spot, on the examination of videos and forensic evidence.

"The evidence presented to the Court - explained the broadcaster on twitter - overturns the thesis of the Israeli authorities that the journalist was killed in an exchange of fire".

Furthermore, the same evidence - continued al Jazeera which released a documentary on the circumstances of her death - "confirms, beyond any doubt, that there were no exchanges of gunshots in the area where the journalist was other than those targeted directly at her by the Israeli occupation forces. Evidence shows that this deliberate killing was part of a larger campaign to target and silence Al Jazeera."

Israel - at the end of a long investigation, including on the bullet that hit the journalist - admitted that there was "a high probability" that the journalist had been hit "accidentally" by soldiers' shots, even if it was not "possible to determine unequivocally the source" of the blows.

Interim Israeli Prime Minister YairLapid responded to the accusations by underlining that "no one will question or investigate Israeli army soldiers. No one can give us morals on behavior in war, much less the Al Jazeera TV network".