The Palestinian Health Ministry on Wednesday said the Israeli forces deadly shot Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh while covering an Israeli raid in the northern Jenin city of the occupied West Bank.
Abu Akleh, 51, was shot dead while covering an Israeli raid in Jenin, while another journalist, Ali Al-Samoudi, was shot in the back, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
Qatar-based Al Jazeera network accused Israeli forces of deliberately killing its veteran journalist Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank.
It termed the killing a “heinous crime, which intends to only prevent the media from conducting their duty.”
“Al Jazeera holds the Israeli government and the occupation forces responsible for the killing of Shireen,” it said, calling on the international community “to condemn and hold the Israeli occupation forces accountable for their intentional targeting and killing” of the reporter.