Death of Shireen Abu Akleh: a new journalistic investigation implicates the Israeli army

A memorial where Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed on May 19, 2022 in Jenin in the West Bank.

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Forty days after Shireen Abu Akleh was shot in the head, a tribute will be paid this Saturday to the American-Palestinian reporter in a church in East Jerusalem.

A series of independent investigations all blame the Palestinian-American journalist's death on Israeli soldiers.

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With our correspondent in Jerusalem,

Michel Paul

The

latest investigation

is that of Al Jazeera, the journalist's employer, which is producing for the first time a photo of the bullet that killed Shireen Abu Akleh.

A type of ammunition that is not used by Palestinian shooters, says the channel.

Israel still wants the projectile for ballistic analysis.

For

the American news channel CNN

, which is based in particular on acoustic studies, Shireen Abu Akleh was killed in a targeted attack by the Israeli army.

The

Washington Post

suggests that the Al Jazeera reporter was deliberately killed by an Israeli soldier.

Citizen journalists from

the Bellingcat site

suggest that it is more than likely that the Israeli military was behind the fatal shooting.

But it's not 100% sure, they add.

Biased investigations, for the Israeli authorities

Investigations more than biased, reacts for its part the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Israeli police conclude their investigation into the brutality of their agents during the funeral of the journalist

without publishing

it .

There were shortcomings, but no one will be punished, the report said, according to the left-leaning

Haaretz

daily .

Conclusions that are far from satisfying American officials less than a month before President Biden's visit to Jerusalem and Bethlehem.

►To listen also: Chronicle of the media - What investigation into the death of Shireen Abu Akleh?

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