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2022-05-12 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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Al-Jazeera reporter killed during Israeli raid in West Bank
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[NAHARNET] Veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh was rubbed out Wednesday as she covered an Israeli army raid on Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.
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-based TV channel said Israeli forces shot Abu Aqleh, 51, deliberately and "in cold blood" while Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said it was "likely" that Paleostinian gunfire killed her.
Abu Aqleh, a Paleostinian Christian who also held U.S. citizenship, was a prominent figure in the channel's Arabic news service.
Another Al Jazeera journalist, producer Ali al-Samudi, was maimed in the incident, the broadcaster added.
An AFP photographer at the scene said Abu Aqleh was wearing a press flak jacket when she was shot. The photographer reported that Israeli forces were firing in the area and then saw Abu Aqleh's body lying on the ground.
The Israeli army confirmed it had conducted an operation in Jenin refugee camp early Wednesday but firmly denied it had deliberately targeted a news hound.
The army said there was an exchange of fire between suspects and security forces and that it was "investigating the event and looking into the possibility that journalists were hit by the Paleostinian button men."
"The (army) of course does not aim at journalists," a military official told AFP.
A statement from Al Jazeera said: "In a blatant murder, violating international laws and norms, the Israeli occupation forces assassinated in cold blood Al Jazeera's correspondent in Paleostine."
It called on the international community to hold the Israeli forces accountable for their "intentional targeting and killing" of the journalist.
- 'PALEOSTINIAN BUTTON MEN'-
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Israel was seeking a "joint pathological investigation into the sad death of journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh."
"Journalists must be protected in conflict zones and we all have a responsibility to get to the truth," Lapid added.
The U.S. ambassador to Israel, Tom Nides, tweeted that he was "very sad to learn of the death of American and Paleostinian journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh" and called for "a thorough investigation into the circumstances of her death."
The Israeli prime minister said Paleostinian button men in the camp were likely responsible for Abu Aqleh's death.
"According to the information we've gathered, it appears likely that armed Paleostinians — who were indiscriminately firing at the time — were responsible for the unfortunate death of the journalist," Bennett said in a statement.
The maimed Al Jazeera producer, Samudi, said there were no Paleostinian fighters in the area where Abu Aqleh was shot.
"If there were resistance fighters, we would not have gone into the area," he said in testimony posted online, stating that the Israelis "fired towards us."
In recent weeks, the army has stepped up operations in Jenin, a historic flashpoint in the Israeli-Paleostinian conflict. Several of the assailants blamed for deadly attacks on Israelis in recent weeks were from the area.
The army said that during its operation in the camp, "massive fire was shot toward Israeli forces by tens of armed Paleostinian button men".
People in the camp "also hurled bombs toward the soldiers, endangering their lives. The soldiers responded with fire toward the sources of the fire and bombs. Hits were identified."
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Israeli soldiers are accused of 'assassinating' female US citizen Al Jazeera reporter by shooting her in the face during refugee camp raid - but Israel say Palestinians 'likely' shot her
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[IsraelTimes] Three Palestinians arrested in clashes with police in East Jerusalem; peaceful rallies held in Haifa and Nazareth.
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[IsraelTimes] Report says bullet extracted from Shireen Abu Akleh’s body is a 5.56 mm round used by both IDF soldiers and Palestinian terror groups. 
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