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Washington Post: IOF kills Palestinian veteran Journalist Abu Akleh
Washington Post has issued an investigation on the killing of veteran Palestinian-American Al-Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, and stated that the correspondent was shot dead by an Israeli soldier on May 11 in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
The Post noted multiple discussions with eyewitnesses and discussed a number of videos, including live videotapes that were being launched at the moment of the shooting as well as audio analysis.
“The Washington Post examined more than five dozen videos, social media posts, and photos of the event conducted two physical inspections of the area, and commissioned two independent acoustic analyses of the gunshots. That review suggests an Israeli soldier in the convoy likely shot and killed Abu Akleh,” it reported in its declaration.
The Post went on to debate Israeli claims that there was an interaction of gunfire between Israeli forces and Palestinian gunmen at the time Abu Akleh was shot dead or that a gunman was among the journalists when a soldier opened fire in his way.
“Israel’s military has not released any evidence showing the presence of a gunman. The available video and audio evidence dispute IOF (Israeli forces) argues there was an exchange of fire in the minutes before Abu Akleh was killed and supports the accounts of multiple eyewitnesses interviewed by The Post, who said there was no firefight at the time.”
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