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Palestinians: Al-Jazeera reporter killed by gunfire

2022-05-11T06:32:50.198Z


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. © Majdi Mohammed/AP/dpa 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.


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.

© Majdi Mohammed/AP/dpa

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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A wave of terror has killed 17 people in Israel since the end of March, and an Israeli security guard in the West Bank was also shot dead by Palestinians.

Israel's army has increased its operations in the occupied West Bank since the start of the wave of attacks.

Especially in the area of ​​the city of Jenin, which is considered a stronghold of militant Palestinians, such military operations repeatedly lead to serious confrontations with residents.

More than 20 Palestinians killed since March

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, more than 20 Palestinians have been killed since the end of March.

Several Palestinians have been killed in military operations, but also in their own attacks and clashes with the army.

Israel conquered the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 1967.

The Palestinians, on the other hand, want the areas for a separate state of Palestine with East Jerusalem as the capital.

dpa

Source: merkur

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