"Al-Jazeera" is suing Israel with the "International Criminal Court" in the case of the assassination of Abu Aqelah, and Tel Aviv refuses to interrogate its soldiers

Al-Jazeera Media Network raised the case of the assassination of colleague Sherine Abu Aqleh by the Israeli occupation forces to the International Criminal Court, and the network said that new evidence shows that Sherine and her colleagues were subjected to direct fire from the occupation, while the Israeli caretaker government said that none of its forces will be interrogated about the killing Abu sane.

The network said - in a statement today, Tuesday - that the filing of a case against the Israeli forces regarding the assassination of the Al-Jazeera correspondent comes after its legal team conducted an investigation that revealed new evidence that clearly shows that Sherine and her colleagues were subjected to direct fire from the Israeli occupation forces, and that the Israeli authorities' claim that they killed Sherine was wrong. - In the crossfire - unsubstantiated claim.

The network added that the file submitted to the Criminal Court confirms that there was no clash in the area where Sherine was.

She emphasized that this premeditated killing was part of a broader campaign to target and silence Al Jazeera.

Al-Jazeera's legal team called on the Public Prosecutor to seek evidence that condemns the Israeli army through all channels, adding, "We are not sure that those responsible for the assassination will be arrested, but we call first for an investigation to be opened."

Targeting journalists

In turn, Sherine Abu Aqleh's niece, Lina Abu Aqleh, said that Israel has a history of targeting journalists with the aim of silencing them for speaking the truth, and it always gets away with it and creates a culture of impunity, indicating that the time has come to hold it accountable.

Today, Al-Jazeera Network is bringing the case of the assassination of #Sherine_Abu_Aqleh to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. 6 months after her brutal assassination, during which the network’s legal team conducted a thorough and detailed investigation into the case, revealing new evidence based on eyewitness accounts and examining video clips and forensic evidence pic.twitter.com /VEs3F66V7o

- Sanaa El Younoussi (@SanaAljazeera) December 6, 2022

This procedure comes 6 months after the assassination of Sherine by the occupation bullets while she was covering the occupation forces’ storming of Jenin camp. In the past, the network’s legal team carried out a thorough and detailed investigation into the case, revealing new evidence based on eyewitness accounts and examining a large number of video clips and evidence. criminal case related.

The network indicated that the evidence provided confirmed the absence of clashes or firing at the site of the assassination, with the exception of the occupation forces’ bullets that directly targeted Sherine and her colleagues, as the journalists were in a clearly visible place, walking in a group slowly on the road, wearing their distinctive media jackets and helmets, and there was no other people.

This evidence - which is presented today to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court - undermines the findings of the Israeli occupation army's investigation, and indicates that this premeditated killing was part of a broader campaign to target and silence Al-Jazeera, according to the statement.

Al-Jazeera welcomed the interest of the international community, human rights organizations and bodies defending freedom of the media in the case, and its continued call for accountability for those responsible for this heinous crime.

An attempt to silence the island

In a related context, Al Jazeera Network's lawyer in the case, Rodney Dixon, said - at a subsequent press conference in The Hague - that the file of evidence in the case of the assassination of Sherine Abu Aqelah had been submitted to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, indicating that there was no reason not to take the next step, which is Investigation and detection of those responsible for the crime to pursue them.

The network's lawyer added that the International Criminal Court has full authority to consider the case of Sherine Abu Aqleh, and he expressed his hope that "in the coming months, we will witness progress in the case of the assassination of Sherine Abu Aqleh."

The lawyer welcomed what was announced by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding the start of the investigation into the Sherine assassination file, and believed that the criminal court should determine those who participated directly in the assassination of Sherine and who gave the orders.

Al-Jazeera network's lawyer saw that there is a clear attempt to silence Al-Jazeera network in Palestine and prevent the truth from emerging, and expressed his hope that justice will be achieved for Shireen, and urged the Public Prosecutor to take measures to hold those responsible accountable.

Today, Tuesday, the Palestinian presidency said, "The state of Palestine and its citizens have the right to resort to international law to file lawsuits against Israel."

"The State of Palestine is a member of the International Criminal Court, and any Palestinian citizen has the right to go to it to try the occupation for its crimes that violate international law," said presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh, in a statement published by the official Palestinian News Agency.

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate affirmed its absolute support for Al Jazeera Media Network's move to file a complaint with the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands.

Angry responses from Israel

Outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid said that he would not interrogate any of the Israeli army soldiers about the killing of Sherine Abu Aqleh, and added in response to the news that Al-Jazeera filed a lawsuit with the International Criminal Court, "No one will preach to us the ethics of fighting, especially Al-Jazeera channel."

As for his Defense Minister Benny Gantz, he said that - what he called - "the death of Sherine Abu Aqleh" was a combat event that was investigated with the greatest accuracy and depth, he said.

Prime Minister Yair Lapid said in response to the publication of the news about Al-Jazeera's approach to the International Criminal Court in The Hague to open an investigation into the murder of journalist Shirin Abu Aqleh:

"No one is going to interrogate IDF soldiers and no one is going to teach us the ethics of fighting, especially not Al-Jazeera."

— Prime Minister of the State of Israel (@Israelipm_ar) December 6, 2022

The far-right Itamar Ben Gvir, a candidate for the position of Minister of Security in the upcoming Benjamin Netanyahu government, called for the expulsion of Al-Jazeera from Israel and to stop what he called the channel's lies against Israel, he said.

Israeli Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman said, "It is unacceptable for Al-Jazeera to sue Israel and preach morals." Lieberman expected the Israeli government's press office to "withdraw the credentials of Al-Jazeera journalists who are in Israeli territory."

Last September, the Israeli occupation army published the results of an in-depth investigation it conducted into the assassination of Abu Aqelah, which revealed that there is a high possibility that the Al-Jazeera correspondent was injured by Israeli army fire in an exchange of fire with those identified as Palestinian gunmen.

In the same investigation, the Israeli army said that it was still not possible to conclusively determine who killed Abu Aqelah, indicating that there is another, less likely hypothesis, that Abu Aqeleh was hit by Palestinian fire.