International condemnations of the Israeli attack on the funeral procession of colleague Shireen Abu Akleh continue, and the circle of demands for a transparent investigation into her murder is expanding, while Washington is calling for Tel Aviv to clarify the investigation, and the Palestinian Authority pledges to refer the file to the International Criminal Court.

On Friday, thousands of Palestinians participated in the funeral of Abu Aqila, who was shot dead by the occupation, as she prepared to cover the Israeli forces' storming of Jenin camp last Wednesday, although she was wearing a bullet-proof vest with the "press" logo and a protective helmet.

When the coffin was taken out of the French Hospital in East Jerusalem, the occupation police stormed the hospital yard and tried to disperse a crowd whose participants were chanting and waving Palestinian flags.

The coffin nearly fell to the ground when the police beat its carriers with batons, before being straightened and lifted at the last moment.

The intervention of the Israeli forces resulted in the injury of 33 people, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.

While the Israeli police stated that they arrested 6 people.

Attack condemnations

After the international condemnation of the Israeli attack on the mourners widened, the occupation police announced on Saturday that it would open an investigation into the matter, and that it would announce the results in the coming days.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken expressed "deep annoyance at the scenes of the Israeli police attacking the funeral procession."

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, spoke of the "shocking" images.

For its part, the European Union condemned the "disproportionate use of violence and disrespectful behavior on the part of the Israeli police towards the funeral procession participants".

The French consulate in Jerusalem expressed its "extreme shock" at the "violence used by the police."

Germany said it regretted that the funeral did not take place "peacefully and in a decent manner".

Also, Spain held that "the use of disproportionate force is unacceptable".

Qatar announced in a statement that "the occupation authorities not only killed Shireen in cold blood while performing her duty, but also continued to terrorize civilians and funeral participants until her final resting place."

The Desmond Tutu Foundation considered that the scenes of police intervention "reminiscent of the brutality of dealing with people in mourning during the funeral of activists against apartheid" in South Africa.


 It amounts to a war crime

In this context, Palestinian Justice Minister Muhammad al-Shalaldeh said - in an interview with Al-Jazeera - that Israel bears full responsibility for the assassination of Shirin Abu Aqleh, and that it is a premeditated crime and amounts to a war crime.

The Palestinian official added that the projectile is currently in the possession of the Palestinian Authority, and that the Authority cannot involve the Israeli side in the investigations due to numerous precedents.

The Palestinian Minister of Justice added that examining the projectile used in the crime needs time, but in terms of forensic evidence, the projectile that hit Shireen Abu Aqila came from shooting from the Israeli occupation soldiers, and that the delay in announcing the type of weapon is related to the investigation process, pointing out that the file of The case must be supplemented by forensic evidence.

The Palestinian Minister of Justice stressed that the law of the jungle will prevail if Israel is not held accountable as a rogue state, as he put it.

He stressed that the official Palestinian authorities will raise a supplementary file regarding the assassination of colleague Shireen Abu Aqleh and refer it to the International Criminal Court.

Meanwhile, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that the Palestinian Authority "will continue to investigate the martyrdom of Shireen Abu Akleh."

During his condolences to the family of the deceased and a delegation from Al Jazeera who attended the funeral, Abbas stressed that the authority will not allow Israel to participate in this investigation.

For his part, the head of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Al-Sinwar, said that the investigation into the assassination of Al-Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Aqleh should be with the one who gave the orders to shoot her.

In statements to Al-Jazeera, Al-Sinwar confirmed that "the targeting of the martyr, Sherine Abu Aqleh, was direct."


Invitations to investigate

Inside and outside Palestine, calls for an investigation into the assassination of Shireen Abu Akleh continue. European Union spokesman Peter Stano told Al Jazeera that the union wanted an actual and independent investigation and punished those responsible for the crime.

And the Israeli Channel 12 had reported that Washington had asked Tel Aviv for clarification on the investigation.

For its part, the UN Security Council adopted - on Friday - a press statement, which 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, thorough and transparent investigation into the killing of Shireen Abu Aqleh, and stressed the need to ensure accountability and the protection of journalists as civilians.


Israeli human rights discontent

B'Tselem reports that the Israeli military investigation apparatus is merely a system to conceal the facts;

The investigation process is unbearably slow.

The Israeli Center gives an example of this, that since 2000 it submitted requests to the Military Prosecution to investigate 739 incidents of killing and assault on Palestinians, the credibility of which B'Tselem confirmed, and that a quarter of these cases were never investigated until mid-2016.

The center explained that in nearly half of the cases, an investigation file was opened and closed without any result.

It was also found that the odds of a complaint ending with an indictment are only 3%.

The B’Tselem Center concludes by saying that accordingly, it has decided - since 2015 - to stop submitting complaints to the Israeli military law enforcement apparatus, because the Military Public Prosecution - in its opinion - is nothing but a tool to camouflage the crimes committed by the Israeli forces and to protect the army from accountability.