The Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, said that the Israeli army is preparing for another round of investigations into the killing of Al-Jazeera correspondent Shirin Abu Akleh.

In the meantime, the Municipal Council of Beit Imrin (north of Nablus) and the townspeople named the martyred colleague Shireen Abu Aqleh on the eastern entrance street to their town, after rehabilitating and paving it.

A statement by the Municipal Council stated that the street starts from the crossroads leading to the neighboring villages towards the west, and crosses to the eastern entrance to the town of Beit Imrin.

Military vehicles of the occupation forces deployed near the site, where the soldiers took pictures of the street and the sign.

Ravina Shamdasani, a spokeswoman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, announced the day before yesterday, Friday, that the commission had concluded that the killing of Abu Aqila on May 11 was the result of fire by Israeli forces and not due to indiscriminate shooting by Palestinians, which was supported by the spokesman of the Secretary-General of the United Nations. United Nations Antonio Guterres, calling for a criminal investigation.

The spokeswoman stated - during a press conference in Geneva - that "all the information we collected, including from the Israeli army and the Palestinian attorney general, confirms the fact that the shots that killed Abu Aqila and wounded her colleague Ali Al-Samudi were issued by the Israeli security forces, and not as a result of random shots issued by Palestinians." armed men, as the Israeli authorities initially said.

A UN report indicated that the Office of the High Commissioner reached this conclusion after examining photos, videos and audio materials, visiting the site of Shirin's assassination, consulting experts, reviewing official communications, and interviewing witnesses.

The late Al Jazeera reporter was wearing a flak jacket with the word "press" written on it, and a protective helmet when she was shot under her helmet.

In turn, Stephane Dujarric, a spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said, "We fully support the findings announced by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights regarding the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh."

"It is important that there be accountability and a real criminal investigation into the killing of Sherine, and this is what we advocate," he added.

The Israeli army described the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights as biased, like other reports issued regarding the killing of Shirin Abu Aqleh.

The spokesperson said that the Israeli army’s investigation confirms that the shooting of the journalist was not intentional in any way, adding that it cannot be determined if she was killed by Palestinian gunmen who were shooting randomly in her vicinity, or by an Israeli soldier by mistake, according to the statement. Recipe.

The Israeli army reiterated its demand for the Palestinian Authority to hand over the bullet that killed Shirin, noting that the Palestinian refusal reflects special considerations.


premeditated murder

It is noteworthy that the Palestinian Authority said in late May that its investigations showed that Shireen was shot by an Israeli soldier in what it described as premeditated killing.

Press and official investigations, the most recent of which was an investigation by Al-Jazeera network, confirmed that the bullet that killed Shireen was fired from a sniper weapon in the Israeli occupation forces.

Al-Jazeera published a picture of the bullet with which the late colleague was assassinated, and an investigation by the network said that the bullet came from an M4 rifle.

The investigation indicated that the bullet was 5.56 mm caliber used by the occupation forces, and that the bullet was deformed after it entered Shireen's head and hit the helmet she was wearing.