Israeli forces blamed for shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
ISRAELI forces were blamed for the killing of a renowned Palestinian journalist in the occupied West Bank today.
Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, a journalist for the Qatar-based news agency Al Jazeera, was shot in the head this morning, despite wearing a press flak jacket and helmet, while attempting to cover an Israeli raid on a refugee camp in Jenin with other journalists.
Al Jazeera said in a statement today that it held “the Israeli government and the occupation forces responsible for the killing of [our] late colleague Shireen.”
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