Al Jazeera Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh Killed in West Bank
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefShireen Abu Akleh, veteran TV journalist for Al Jazeera, has been shot and killed in the West Bank.
Abu Akleh, 51, was covering an Israeli army raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Her death was confirmed by the Palestine health ministry and later by Israeli sources.
Al Jazeera reports that she was shot in the face by a single bullet fired by Israeli armed forces and that another journalist, Ali al-Samoudi, was wounded in the back.
The Israeli Defense Force said that its forces had been operating in the area “to arrest suspects in terrorist activities,” and both Palestinian suspects and Israeli forces were firing at the time.“As part of the activity in the Jenin refugee camp, suspects fired heavily at the force and threw explosives.
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