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Al-Jazeera Reporter dies in an exchange of fire between Israel & Palestinian gunmen

Shireen Abu Aqleh, an Al-Jazeera reporter, was killed by Israeli army fire in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

During violent fights with armed men, occupation soldiers attacked the Jenin refugee camp and surrounded a house. Following an attack by the Israeli army, two journalists were seriously injured.

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Al-Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Aqleh was hit by a live bullet in the head and is in critical condition, while journalist Ali Al-Samoudi was hit by a live bullet in the back and is in stable condition.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held the Israeli forces fully responsible for the death of the Al-Jazeera correspondent.

In turn, the Palestinian Public Prosecution said, “We have started investigation procedures into the crime of assassinating journalist Sherine Abu Aqleh through the International Crimes Prosecution, in preparation for referring it to the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court.”

The correspondent of “Al-Arabiya” and “Al-Hadath” stated that the colleagues of the journalist, Sherine Abu Aqleh, say that she was targeted by a
sniper.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that “armed Palestinians” are “most likely” responsible for the killing of a Palestinian journalist for Al-Jazeera, Shirin Abu Aqleh, in the occupied West Bank.

The Israeli army said in a statement that its forces opened fire in response to being subjected to “heavy fire” in Jenin, adding that “there is a possibility currently under investigation that the two reporters were possibly wounded by Palestinian gunmen.”

Israeli army spokesman, Avichai Adraee, said that an “indiscriminate shooting” by Palestinian gunmen today, Wednesday, in Jenin camp in the West Bank, led, according to preliminary estimates, to the killing of journalist Shirin Abu Aqleh, Al-Jazeera correspondent.

Adraei added on his Twitter account that Israel had offered to conduct a joint investigation into the killing of the Palestinian journalist.

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