The 51-year-old Palestinian-American reporter was shot to death on Wednesday when she reported from an Israeli raid in the refugee camp in Jenin on the occupied West Bank.
Palestinian witnesses, public officials and even journalists on the ground have stated that she was killed by Israeli military bullets (IDF).
The journalist network Bellingcat is one of several independent organizations that have initiated their own investigations into the shooting.
The network's investigators have published an analysis of video and audio files collected from social media.
The material comes from both Palestinian and Israeli military sources.
- Based on what we have been able to examine, the IDF was closest and had the clearest line of sight to Abu Akleh, says Giancarlo Fiorella, who leads Bellingcat's analysis work.
Questions remain
Fiorella points out that the analysis is not one hundred percent certain, but that evidence such as a bullet, weapons and the GPS position of the Israeli forces are needed to reach definitive conclusions.
Following the fatal shooting, Israelis and Palestinians have been embroiled in a dispute over the investigation into the incident.
Israel has not claimed responsibility for the shooting, but has wanted to see a joint investigation with the Palestinians.
Palestinian representatives have stated that they do not trust Israel and therefore do not want to participate.
According to several human rights groups, Israel has previously been bad at investigating its own security forces.
The Israeli human rights group B'Tselem, among others, has also launched an investigation into the incident.