Palestinian Public Prosecution: American experts will examine the bullet that killed Shireen Abu Akleh

The Palestinian Public Prosecutor, Akram Al-Khatib, said today, Saturday, that the Palestinian side agreed to an official request from Washington that American experts specialized in forensic examination examine the bullet that killed Al-Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Aqleh on May 11, and the Palestinian official stressed the authority’s refusal to hand over the bullet to the Israelis. .

The Palestinian Attorney General added, in a statement to Al-Jazeera, that the examination of the bullet that killed Shireen Abu Aqleh will take place inside the American embassy in Jerusalem, stressing that the Palestinian Authority obtained guarantees from American officials that the projectile would not be handed over to the Israeli side.

The Palestinian Attorney General stated that the American side will provide the authority with the results of the technical expertise that will be conducted on the projectile, in order to strengthen the evidence in the Abu Akila file.

Akram al-Khatib explained that the authority agreed to the American request because it was confident that the bullet that killed Shireen came from an Israeli soldier's weapon.

Palestinian Attorney General: We obtained guarantees from American officials that the projectile would not be handed over to the Israeli side (Al-Jazeera)

In response to the possibility of Washington handing over the bullet to Tel Aviv, the Palestinian official said, "We are assured of the American side, because Shirin is a Palestinian citizen with American citizenship, and the American administration is interested in knowing the truth of what happened."

Biden visit

The Palestinian Authority is under US and Israeli pressures and threats to hand over the bullet that killed our colleague Shireen Abu Aqleh to Israel before US President Joe Biden arrives in the region in the middle of this month.

Last month, Palestinian Justice Minister Muhammad al-Shalaldeh stated that "it is not permissible to hand over the projectile that killed Shireen to Israel, because it is responsible for the killing."

An investigation conducted by Al-Jazeera network in the middle of last month concluded that the bullet that assassinated our colleague Shireen Abu Aqleh was fired from an M4 rifle of 5.56 mm caliber used by Israeli snipers.

Al Jazeera published a picture of the bullet that was distorted after it penetrated Shirin's head and hit the helmet that the late woman was wearing.