Preliminary investigation in the IDF: The journalist was standing in the area of ​​the terrorists in Jenin, all the fighters claimed that they did not shoot at her

The initial investigation revealed that IDF forces fired precisely at the gunmen in Jenin, detailing the number of bullets fired by the soldiers and their location on the ground. It also emerged that about a thousand bullets were fired by the Palestinian gunmen at the fighters,

Amir Bohbot

11/05/2022

Wednesday, 11 May 2022, 23:16 Updated: 23:34

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In the video: Al-Jazeera journalist shot dead by gunfire in Jenin;

The IDF estimates: Killed by Palestinian gunfire (screenshot, documentation on social networks according to section 27A of the Copyright Law)

All the fighters in the Duvdevan unit claimed that they did not shoot at al-Jazeera journalist Sheerin Abu Akla or identify her in IDF activity in Jenin, according to a preliminary investigation conducted tonight (Wednesday) in the unit. The refugees in the city apparently stood in the area from which Palestinian gunmen fired at the forces

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It also emerged from the analysis of the documentation of the exchange of fire in the arena that about a thousand bullets were fired by the Palestinian militants at the fighters, from a variety of weapons that were in "automatic" mode.

At this point, the IDF does not rule out the claim that the fighters accidentally hit a journalist - whether the bullet that killed her in a wall room or a bullet that aimed and hit a terrorist continued on a ballistic trajectory towards her.

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"A position in the area from which the gunmen fired at the fighters."

Sheerin Abu Akla (Photo: screenshot, documentation on social networks according to section 27A of the Copyright Law)

The exchange of fire reportedly developed between the parties after the IDF closed in on a house where gunmen were fortified. , Who was for years a reporter and photographer for the British news agency Reuters.

Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi expressed regret over the journalist's death and added that a special team would be set up to investigate the case.

Earlier, the IDF released a video showing gunmen bragging about firing on a soldier, which the army claims raises the suspicion of harming journalists in particular by the Palestinians

. Direction, "the chief of staff claimed.

"Unlike the Palestinians, IDF soldiers carry out professional and selective firing.

The reporter who was killed was at the scene.

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