Palestinians: Al-Jazeera reporter killed by gunfire
Created: 05/11/2022, 08:03
Well-known Palestinian reporter Shireen Abu Akleh is said to have been killed while covering an Israeli raid on the occupied city of Jenin.
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A reporter well-known in the Arab world has died in a raid in the West Bank.
Palestinians blame Israeli soldiers.
Israel "is investigating" the incident.
Ramallah/Tel Aviv - According to Palestinian sources, a journalist was killed in confrontations between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in the northern West Bank.
The reporter from the Qatari TV station Al-Jazeera, Shireen Abu Akleh, who is well-known in the Arab world, died after being shot in the head, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced.
Another journalist from the Palestinian newspaper "Al-Quds" was shot during the incident in Jenin.
Israel is investigating the incident
The Israeli army wrote on Twitter that soldiers had been deployed in Jenin to arrest terrorist suspects.
Suspects shot the troops massively and threw explosives.
The soldiers fired back and hits were identified.
"It is investigating the possibility that journalists were hit, possibly by armed Palestinians," it said.
The incident will be investigated.
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