Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Wednesday, that “armed Palestinians” are most likely responsible for the killing of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Aqleh.
“According to the information we have gathered, it appears likely that armed Palestinians who were shooting indiscriminately at the time, and they are the main responsible for the unfortunate death of the reporter,” Bennett said in a statement.
Shireen Abu Aqleh was covering a military raid in the Palestinian Jenin refugee camp, before she was shot, reportedly below the ear, leading to her tragic death.
The Palestinian Health Ministry announced that the death of the 51-year-old reporter occurred by the Israeli army, in addition to the injury of journalist Ali Al-Samoudi, covering the raid for Al-Quds newspaper.
Both journalists were covering the raid and confrontations between Israeli and Palestinian elements during the storming of the city of Jenin and its camp in the northern West Bank.
The Palestinian Maan News Agency reported that a number of citizens and press crew members were shot by Israeli forces, causing serious injuries among journalists, after Israeli military forces stormed the Jenin refugee camp.
On the other hand, Qatar’s Assistant Foreign Affairs Minister, Lolwah Rashid Al-Khater, said in a statement today, that the reporter was shot in the face, as she was wearing a bullet proof press jacket.”
Abu Aqleh, a Palestinian Christian who also held US citizenship, was a prominent figure in the channel’s Arabic news service.
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