The UN Security Council adopted a press statement calling for an immediate, comprehensive and transparent investigation into the assassination of our colleague Sherine Abu Akleh, while the Palestinian Authority welcomed, today, Saturday, any international participation to reveal the truth.

Palestinian Civil Affairs Minister Hussein Al-Sheikh said in a tweet on Twitter, "We welcome the participation of all international bodies in the investigations into the assassination of Shireen Abu Aqleh, by communicating with the competent Palestinian Public Prosecution, which issued its initial report yesterday."

The Palestinian official considered that what happened in the funeral of Shirin Abu Aqila yesterday, Friday, by the occupation forces, reinforces the position of the authority rejecting Israel's participation in this investigation.

Yesterday, the Palestinian Public Prosecution announced that its preliminary investigation confirmed that the only source of fire at the time of the injury of the late colleague Shireen Abu Aqleh was from the occupation forces.

She added that the preliminary investigation indicates that the direct cause of death was brain injury from a high-speed projectile, stressing the continuation of investigation procedures into the heinous crime committed by the occupation forces.


Position of the Security Council

Yesterday, Friday, the UN Security Council adopted a press statement that the United States had distributed to member states, expressing its strong condemnation of the killing of fellow Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

The press release called for an immediate, comprehensive and transparent investigation into the killing of Shireen Abu Aqleh, and stressed the need to ensure accountability and the obligation to protect journalists in their capacity as civilians.

American, European and international officials also called for an investigation to reveal the circumstances of the assassination, and US President Joe Biden said when asked about what happened during the funeral that he did not know all the details, "but I know that an investigation must be opened."

White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki confirmed Washington's readiness to consider any request for assistance in the investigations, and said, "We are ready to assist either party in any way possible, but neither side has requested our assistance yet."


A new Israeli retreat

On the other hand, the Israeli Channel 12 said that the Chief of Staff of the Israeli army, Aviv Kohavi, listened to internal reports that showed that the Israeli army was the one who shot Shirin Abu Aqleh, and that this is highly likely.

The channel added that two sources who attended the meeting of the army chief of staff confirmed to it the information regarding the reports Kohavi heard regarding the responsibility of the Israeli army for the killing of Shirin Abu Aqleh.

According to the channel, Kohavi asked to wait to publish about the possibility of his soldiers shooting his colleague Shirin Abu Akleh, and requested a re-enactment of what happened in the presence of experts.

The IDF Chief of Staff also admitted in the meeting that the possibility of accidentally killing an Israeli soldier, Shirin Abu Akleh, does exist.

And the American newspaper "The Wall Street Journal" quoted an Israeli military official as saying that it cannot be ruled out that the bullet that killed the Al-Jazeera correspondent came from the Israeli side.

The military official said that the army identified a shooting incident that took place on Wednesday by the Israeli side, believed to have caused the death of the Al-Jazeera journalist.

In turn, The Washington Post reported that the occupation army is investigating the accusation of one of its members to the killing of Shireen Abu Aqleh.

And the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, revealed in the late hours of last Wednesday evening the details of an investigation by the Israeli army that does not rule out the responsibility of members of the undercover unit in the occupation army (Dovdovan) for the assassination of Al-Jazeera correspondent Shirin Abu Aqleh.