After the United States received the bullet that killed al-Jazeera journalist Sheerin Abu Akla, the question arises as to what may be revealed after the bullet is tested.
Lior Nadibi, an independent expert in the field of arena investigation and weapons testing who worked in an weapons laboratory of the Israel Police, estimates that even after receiving the bullet, it will be very difficult to know who shot him.
"Getting the bullet alone does not advance the investigation anywhere, because you do not know where it came from. Maybe they picked it up from the floor," Nadibi said, adding: You can see if it's the same bullet.
The next step is to get all 5.56-diameter weapons fired at the arena from both sides - the Israeli and the Palestinian.
"From every weapon a dummy bullet is fired and compared to a bullet, without it it will not be possible to determine where it was shot from."
Conflicts during the funeral.
Sheerin Abu Akala, Photo: Arab Networks
However, Nadivi emphasizes that the Palestinians can carry any weapon they want.
That is, it is not really possible to know whether the weapons to be tested fired at the incident itself.
In contrast, Nadibi points out, IDF soldiers carry personal weapons registered in their names.
"This is not how you conduct an investigation, it is not a murder that threw the body ten kilometers from the murder scene and you have no scene," Nadibi said, noting: Into it is limited you can only make direct fire and also there is a possibility of flakes.
"After murders come a mobile lab, it will check firing lines and give perfect information," Nadibi added.
"There is no such thing as bringing only a bullet. The bullet can tell what type of weapon it was fired from, but not who fired it."
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