Amnesty International described Israel's decision not to investigate the assassination of colleague Shireen Abu Aqleh as a violation of international law, while the American and Israeli defense ministers discussed the Abu Aqila file, amid calls for a transparent investigation, especially in light of 6 accounts of the occupation army.
The international organization indicated that the occupation's failure to investigate the killing of Abu Aqila is an additional violation of Shirin's right to life, and described the Israeli decision as a clear violation of Israel's obligations under international law.
And the Associated Press quoted a military source as saying that the Israeli army had identified the gun from which the bullet might have been fired that killed Al-Jazeera's reporter, colleague Shireen Abu Akleh.
However, the Israeli army spokesman, Avichai Adraee, said that there is no way at the present time to open an investigation into the circumstances of Abu Akleh's death.
Al-Jazeera correspondent said that the investigation of the Public Prosecution and the Palestinian Forensic Medicine Institute revealed that the bullet that killed colleague Abu Aqila was used only by the Israeli occupation forces.
Video clips showed what confirms the testimony of colleague Mujahid Al-Saadi, who was one of the companions of colleague Sherine Abu Akleh.
Al-Saadi had talked about the deliberate targeting of the journalists' team by the occupation forces, which led to the assassination of our colleague Shireen Abu Aqleh, and there were no signs of clashes in the recording while the journalists' team was proceeding normally.
For his part, Ahmed Al-Deek, political advisor to the Palestinian Foreign Minister, said that Israel is trying to evade responsibility for the execution of the martyr Shereen Abu Aqleh. , as described.
International parking
In this context, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said that the meeting between US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Israeli counterpart, Benny Gantz, touched upon the killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
In response to a question by Al-Jazeera correspondent, Kirby added that Austin welcomed Israel's announcement of its intention to conduct the investigation, noting that Washington wants this investigation to be comprehensive and transparent.
For its part, China supported a comprehensive and transparent investigation into the assassination of our colleague Shireen Abu Aqleh at the hands of the Israeli occupation soldiers.
In response to Al Jazeera's question about China's position on the Israeli army's announcement of its refusal to conduct the investigation, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that his country hopes that the incident will be dealt with in a fair and equitable manner.
In turn, Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, stressed that the international organization is still calling for an independent and transparent investigation into the killing of Al-Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Aqleh, after the Israeli military police announced that a criminal investigation had not been opened into her killing.
Dujarric explained that the UN Secretariat traditionally needs a mandate from a UN legislative body to participate in any investigation into the incident.
For his part, the former president of the International Federation of Journalists, Philip Lowroth, said that the Israeli forces assassinated Al-Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh because she was a journalist who witnessed events that she wanted to reveal to the world.
He added that Israel promotes itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, but the killing of journalists is the most serious violation of the principles of democracy.
Israeli novels
There were many accounts of the Israeli occupation army regarding the assassination of the martyred colleague Shireen Abu Aqleh, especially on the first day of the assassination;
Six Israeli novels were published.
first novel
On May 11 (the day of the assassination of Abu Aqila), the first story reported by Israeli media and websites, and attributed to a military source, came that the army “neutralized terrorists in Jenin refugee camp,” but it quickly removed it from its sites, after it became clear that two journalists were injured, namely Ali Al-Samoudi, who was wounded, and Shireen Abu Aqila, who was killed by these fires.
The second novel
On the same day, an Israeli army account indicated that the initial estimates, contrary to what was published in the Arab media, were that Al-Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Aqleh was killed as a result of Palestinian gunmen's fire in Jenin refugee camp during her news coverage.
The third novel
Later on the same day, the third narrator came from the Israeli Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi, who said that at this stage the source of the shooting could not be determined, and that a special team was formed to clarify the facts and present them in full, and as soon as possible.
Fourth novel
Also on the same day, the fourth account of the Israeli army reported that it had launched an investigation, and had formed a professional team to discuss the circumstances of the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, and it would reach the truth.
The fifth novel
On May 15, in the fifth account, an Israeli official revealed that an Israeli soldier, who was carrying a rifle equipped with a telescopic lens, fired about 190 meters away from the colleague Abu Aqila, and he may have hit her.
The sixth novel
Yesterday, Thursday, the Israeli army announced its refusal to open a criminal investigation into the circumstances of the assassination of colleague Shireen Abu Akleh.