According to a Qatar-based network, Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was hit deadly during the press on the West Bank.
Abu Acre, 51, a Palestinian-American reporter on the network’s Arabic channel, wore a press vest when a bullet hit his head on Wednesday morning local time.
According to Al Jazeera, she was taken to the hospital in crisis before being declared dead, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.
At that time, Abu Acre reported an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) assault at the Genin refugee camp on the West Bank in the city of Hebron on the West Bank. She reported on the latest intensified military invasion on the west coast during a deadly Arab street attack in Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Wednesday that Abu Acre could have been killed in a Palestinian shooting and rejected Israel’s offer to carry out a joint autopsy by the Palestinian Authority.
“According to the information we gathered, the armed Palestinians who were firing indiscriminately at the time seemed to have been the cause of the unfortunate death of journalists,” Bennett said in a statement. According to AgenceFrancePresse..
A second journalist was reported to be in a serious but stable condition after being shot on Wednesday morning. Jerusalem Post.. Palestinian journalist Ali Samoudi, who works for the Jerusalem-based Quds newspaper, was beaten behind.
Samaudi said the Israeli army had “suddenly fired” at them.
“They didn’t ask us to leave, and they didn’t ask us to stop. [filming].. They fired at us. One bullet hit me and another hit Sirene. They killed her with her cold blood, “Samaudi, who was treated at Genin’s hospital, told Reuters.
IDF said In the statement On Wednesday, the soldiers were working on counterterrorism to “arrest suspected terrorists” in the Genin refugee camp and the surrounding area. Meanwhile, they were exposed to “a large fire by an armed group of dozens of armed Palestinians.”
“Terrorists also threw explosive devices at soldiers, endangering their lives,” continued IDF. “Soldiers reacted with fire towards the source of the fire and the explosive device. A hit was identified.” IDF said, “Investigating the possibility that journalists were attacked by Palestinian militants.” He added that he was investigating.
Asked about the military’s remarks, Samaudi told Reuters, “There were no resistance fighters near us.”
Al Jazeera was interrupting the broadcast to announce her death. In a statement flashed on that channel, it called on the international community to “responsibly hold and hold the Israeli occupying forces responsible for deliberately targeting and killing our colleagues.”
“I swear to legally prosecute and bring the perpetrators to justice in an attempt to cover up the crime,” Al Jazeera said in a statement.
A spokesperson for the US Embassy in Jerusalem said Abu Acre has been addressing Middle Eastern and international issues for over 20 years and is “deeply respected by many Palestinians and others around the world.” rice field.
Qatar’s deputy foreign minister said on Twitter that he “condemns with the strongest words.” [the journalist’s] Assassination by the Israeli occupation forces. “
“It is very said that we learned of the death of American and Palestinian journalist Sirene Abu Acre,” said Tom Nides, US Ambassador to Israel. I wrote on Twitter.. “Today it is advisable to thoroughly investigate the situation of her death and the injury of at least one other journalist in Genin.”
Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Gabrielle Stephenson is a reporter who reports on world news. She is currently based in Australia.