Violence erupted in the compound of St. Joseph's Hospital in Jerusalem as Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was released from the coffin when Israeli police dispersed a crowd waving Palestinian flags, according to AFP journalists and local media.
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Footage broadcast by Palestine TV shows the coffin of the Al Jazeera reporter, killed in an Israeli raid in the West Bank on Wednesday, nearly falling to the ground as Israeli police disperse the crowd.
AFP journalists saw Israeli forces storming the hospital compound in occupied and annexed East Jerusalem.