Barbara Leaf, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, has apologized for the delay in submitting the report. Shireen Abu Akleh was killed on May 11, 2022 by a bullet to the head while covering one of the Israeli occupation army incursions in Jenin, in the northern West Bank.
No one has been held accountable for her death, despite calls for an independent and credible investigation by her family, the International Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and high-ranking US officials.