A journalistic struggle march that roamed the Palestinian territories for 25 years

Sherine Abu Aqleh .. The journey of the Palestine correspondent ends before the completion of the "details"

• Palestinian journalist Ali Al-Samudi.

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• Palestinian journalist Shatha Hanaysha.

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On Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at six in the morning Palestine time, that moment between the news and its reporter, in the meantime, the martyr Palestinian journalist Sherine Abu Aqla sent urgent news to Al-Jazeera, which she has been working with since 1997, that an Israeli military operation is witnessing a city Jenin in the northern West Bank.

Then, immediately, Sherine headed to the field, to document closely the news of the military invasion, and broadcast it to the whole world, which is waiting for the Al-Jazeera news section to complete the details of the news from the Palestinian lands correspondent, who stood in front of a military arsenal with a press jacket that was not protective this time. , in order to document and broadcast the crimes of the occupation against the defenseless.

“The occupation forces storm Jenin, and besiege a house in the (Al-Jabriyat) area, on the way there, I will give you news as soon as the picture becomes clear.” Al-Jazeera is waiting for the details of this news to be completed from its correspondent in Jenin, but it is only a few moments, until Shirin is the The news that the news channel does not want to broadcast, and the residents of Palestine do not wish to hear and watch it, so let the Israeli sniper's bullet in her body be the details of the bloody event that Jenin witnessed in the first moments of the Israeli aggression.

Clear presence and deliberate targeting

“Shireen was hit below the ear by live bullets fired by the occupation soldiers, while they prevented ambulance crews from reaching her and providing urgent treatment to her, so that she was martyred immediately, and her blood irrigated the land of Palestine, which has known Shirin’s voice throughout the days and years.” These are the full details of the news It was not narrated this time by Shireen, but was documented by her colleague on Al-Jazeera, the Palestinian journalist Ali Al-Samoudi.

Shireen and Al-Samudi were the first to enter Jenin camp, along with the journalist Mujahid Al-Saadi and the journalist Shaza Hanaysha, to document and report the events of the military operation that the occupation had just launched. Gunshots erupt beside them from all sides.

Sherine was martyred, and the journalist Al-Samoudi, who works as a news producer in the Al-Jazeera office in the Palestinian territories, was injured.

The Palestinian journalist told "Emirates Today", while his facial features traced the sadness of separation and the pain of injury: "I was with my colleague Abu Aqila and a group of journalists, in the vicinity of UNRWA schools near Jenin camp, and everyone was wearing helmets and uniforms for journalists, and the place where In it and the journalists, it is clear and known to the intrusive occupation forces, who were watching and revealing all the corners of the area that were completely devoid of young men or even the civilian population.”

Al-Samoudi continues: "While we were looking for a safe path to take to cover the events of the storming of Jenin, we were surprised that the occupation forces fired their machine guns directly and deliberately towards the place where we are located."

Immediately, Al-Samoudi was hit in the back, falling to the ground a few meters away from Shirin, while he was watching the shooting towards his colleague, who hit her directly in the ear and head area, so that her soul overflowed to the seven heavens, and the incident of her killing remains forever present in the minds of whoever was Present at the center of the action.

3 minutes of shooting

Journalist Shaza Hanaysha, the correspondent of the Ultra Palestine news website, who lives in Jenin, accompanied Sherine while covering the events of the storming of Jenin. She was near her at the moment the Israeli occupation soldiers fired live bullets directly at the Al-Jazeera reporter and the Palestinian press crews present at the scene.

Hanaysha narrates the chapters of the events of the Israeli forces targeting Abu Aqla and Palestinian journalists, stressing that what happened was a deliberate assassination of the Al-Jazeera correspondent and the media crews found in Jenin, to expose the practices of targeting civilians.

The Ultra Palestine reporter says: “I was near my colleague Abu Aqila in an open area, wearing the full press uniform, and carrying our press equipment that was clearly visible to the occupation forces, who continued to fire bullets at us for three continuous minutes. During that time, I could not move due to the intensity of I took refuge behind a tree stump that separated me from Shireen.”

Hanaysha continues her speech in a sad voice and teary eyes: "While the occupation soldiers were shooting at us, Shirin fell to the ground and her body stopped moving and breathing, and immediately I tried to pull her towards me, but to no avail."

The Palestinian journalist asserts that whoever fired the bullet hit Shireen in an open area of ​​her head, which is not protected by a press jacket or a protective helmet.

Journey of a journalist's struggle

“Sherine Abu Aqla was with you from the Palestinian territories.” This phrase did not leave any home for 25 years, during which Sherine roamed throughout Palestine, documenting the pain of the displaced, and monitoring the tears of the mothers of martyrs and prisoners, and the tears of their deprived children.

Shireen Abu Aqla, who was born in Bethlehem in 1971 and lived in the city of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, is considered one of the most important and prominent Palestinian media figures. Within the areas and cities that are exposed to the Israeli military operations.

Starting from the Gaza Strip in the south of Palestine, to Ras Al-Naqoura in the far north, all Palestinian areas and territories witnessed, journalist Abu Aqila presented the first ranks to participate in covering and reporting the course of all the continuous and successive events. Martyr Yasser Arafat at his headquarters, and quoted closely all the wars that the besieged Gaza has been subjected to over the past years.

• Whoever fired the shot hit Shireen with a lethal and exposed area of ​​her head, which is not protected by a press jacket or a protective helmet.

• Sherine witnessed all the occupation's incursions into the cities of the West Bank and Jerusalem, and the siege of the martyr Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in his headquarters, and she reported closely all the wars that besieged Gaza has been subjected to over the past years.

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