The American newspaper "Washington Post" announced in its editorial that an investigation conducted by its team revealed that it is possible that Al-Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by an Israeli soldier's bullet.

The newspaper added that the results of this investigation - which came after field visits and a careful review of videos, audio clips and testimonies of witnesses by specialized experts - support the results of the Palestinian National Authority investigation, and refute the Israeli version that circulated in the immediate aftermath of the incident, which indicated that Shirin Abu Aqila was killed by Palestinian bullets. .

The newspaper said that Israel has retracted its first account of the killing of Shireen Abu Aqleh, and is now acknowledging a “possible mistake” made by its forces. Rather, it has identified - even if it has not announced this - a soldier who could be responsible for what happened, and even identified the weapon that may have been used. use it.

The newspaper called on Israel to review what happened and take the appropriate "measures".


bullet analysis

The Washington Post said that it might be useful for the Palestinian Authority to allow Israel to analyze the fatal bullet to see how well it matches the Israeli weapons used, and stated that Israel made this proposal, but the authority refused and announced that it did not accept giving Israel an opportunity to announce a new lie, and a new version of what happened.

The newspaper believes that Israel cannot manipulate the results of any investigation involving the authority and American experts, stressing that it is the most realistic alternative, and called on the administration of US President Joe Biden to work with the two parties to achieve this.

The Washington Post subjected 15 video clips to analysis and review in the midst of its investigation into the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh.

According to the investigation, there were no armed men in the area, and that an Israeli soldier probably shot and killed the Al-Jazeera correspondent, which is identical to the previous investigations.

The clips that the newspaper extracted from various sources such as social media, photos of the event and two visits to the place supported them with pictures and graphics identifying the places and concentrations.

The American newspaper not only reviewed the photos, but also subjected the sound of the shooting to analysis by two specialized experts, which revealed that the shooting took place from a distance roughly identical to the distance between the journalists and the location of the Israeli army.


faster than sound

Among the experts that the Washington Post involved in its investigation was audio expert and former FBI advisor Stephen Beck, who found that the first two bursts carried about 13 rounds of bullets fired at and very close to the journalists.

The American expert described the bullets as faster than sound, and suggested that Shireen had been hit in one of the first or second bursts.

The director of the Washington Post's office in Jerusalem, Steve Hendricks, told Al Jazeera that his newspaper's report denied the hypothesis that Shireen Abu Aqleh was shot by a Palestinian, and confirms the veracity of the accounts and testimonies that emerged after the killing of the Al Jazeera reporter.


refusal of the Palestinian Authority

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had blamed the Israeli occupation for the assassination of fellow Al Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Aqleh, and said during her funeral ceremony at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah, "We have rejected and reject the joint investigation with the Israeli authorities, because they are the ones who committed the crime, and we do not trust them."

Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh also stated at the time that the Israeli side was responsible for the killing of Shireen Abu Aqleh, and stressed that his government would not hand over the projectile that killed Shireen Abu Aqleh, because it would falsify it, according to him.

Al Jazeera Media Network condemned the "heinous crime through which it is intended to prevent the media from fulfilling its message," and held the Israeli government and the occupation forces responsible for the killing of the late colleague Shireen.

The network confirmed - in a statement - that it will pursue the perpetrators to bring them to justice, and called on the international community to condemn the occupation and hold it accountable.