Shirin Abu Akleh, a female journalist for the news channel Al-Jazeera in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, has died after being shot. Al-Jazeera has blamed the Israeli military for the death of its reporter. Famous Palestinian journalist Shirin Abu Aqleh was a well-known reporter for the Arabic-speaking channel. At the same time, on the matter of the death of the journalist, the Israeli army says that it is being investigated.
According to an al-Jazeera report, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Israeli forces shot dead a senior female reporter in the occupied West Bank. Shirin Abu Akleh, 51, was covering an Israeli army raid on the Jenin refugee camp when a bullet hit her in the face. Another Palestinian journalist, Ali al-Samoudi, was also injured, but that reporter is said to be in stable condition.
The health ministry said the reporter was hit by Israeli firing. In the video footage of the incident, Abu Aqleh can be seen wearing a blue jacket with the word ‘PRESS’ written on it. Palestine directly blamed Israel for the journalist’s death. At the same time, Qatar’s Assistant Foreign Minister Lolwah Al Khater said on Wednesday that Al Jazeera reporter Shirin Abu Aqleh was shot ‘in the face’ when the female journalist was wearing a jacket written ‘PRESS’.
Munir Neseba is also a professor of international law at Al-Quds University, adding, “Every time there are complaints about specific incidents about alleged war crimes, crimes against the humanities or violations of international law in the occupied territory, So the Israeli military does not take its investigation seriously.
On the death of the female journalist, the Israeli army said that her force in Jenin was attacked and targeted with explosives, after which the army retaliated. The army said in a statement that it was investigating the shooting death of a female journalist. At the same time, it has also been said from their side that the journalists may have been hit by the firing of Palestinian gunmen.