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US probing Shireen Abu Akleh's killing, Israel calls it 'grave mistake'

A Palestinian who covered Israeli operations in the Palestinian territories for years, Abu Akleh was also a US citizen and her family had demanded a full US investigation.

The US Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the fatal shooting of Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, Israel said Monday, condemning the probe as a &ldquo;grave mistake&rdquo; and vowing not to cooperate.
The probe would pose a direct challenge to Israel's claims that it properly holds its soldiers to account for its actions in the Palestinian territories and would shake the strategic US-Israel alliance at a time when Israel is bracing for the formation of its most right-wing government ever and as progressive Democrats in the U.S. have called for a harder line against Israel.
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz made the statement on Twitter, saying Israel has made it clear to the US "that we won't cooperate with any external investigation." "We will not allow interference in Israel's internal affairs," he added.
A Palestinian who covered Israeli operations in the Palestinian territories for years, Abu Akleh was also a US citizen and her family had demanded a full US investigation.
A Justice Department spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Gantz's statement. It was not immediately clear when the investigation might have begun and what it would entail. But a probe by the US into Israeli actions was a rare step.
Abu Akleh's brother, Tony Abu Akleh, told Al Jazeera the family is &ldquo;optimistic about the FBI's decision," saying it's "very important to hold those responsible accountable and prevent similar crimes." "We hope this will be a turning point in the investigation into Shireen's death," he said.
Palestinian officials, Abu Akleh's family and Al Jazeera accuse Israel of intentionally targeting and killing the 51-year-old journalist, who was wearing a helmet and a protective vest marked with the word "press when she was shot last May in the occupied West Bank.
She had covered the West Bank for Al Jazeera for two decades and was a well-known face across the Arab world. Her death reverberated across the region.
Palestinian Foreign Ministry officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment late Monday. A spokeswoman for outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid declined to comment, and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is expected to return to lead the country in the coming weeks, also had no immediate comment.
Israel has acknowledged that Israeli fire probably killed Abu Akleh, but vigorously denied allegations that a soldier intentionally targeted her.
It is not unusual for the FBI or other US investigators to mount probes into non-natural deaths or injuries of American citizens abroad, particularly if they are government employees.
However, such separate investigations are not the rule and it is rare, if not unprecedented, for them to occur in a US-allied country like Israel that is recognized in Washington as having a credible and independent judicial system.
Critics have long accused the military of doing a poor job of investigating wrongdoing by its troops and seldom holding forces accountable. Following their own investigation into the death, Israeli authorities decided not to launch a criminal investigation.

The Israeli military on Monday announced the long-awaited results of its investigation into the deadly shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, saying there was a “high probability” an Israeli soldier had mistakenly killed her.

Israeli army: ''High probability'' soldier killed reporter

The Israeli military on Monday announced the long-awaited results of its investigation into the deadly shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, saying there was a “high probability” an Israeli soldier had mistakenly killed her during a raid in the occupied West Bank last May but added that it would not be launching a criminal investigation. 

The Israeli investigation said that its soldiers had come under fire from Palestinian fighters at the scene, a claim that has not been corroborated by footage of the incident.&nbsp;

The Israeli military on Monday announced the long-awaited results of its investigation into the deadly shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, saying there was a &ldquo;high probability&rdquo; an Israeli soldier had "mistakenly" killed her during a raid in the occupied West Bank last May but added that it would not be launching a criminal investigation.
It was the closest that Israel has come to accepting responsibility for the shooting. But in a report that seemed to raise as many questions as it sought to answer, the military revealed no new evidence to back its claim that the Palestinian-American journalist might have been killed by Palestinian gunmen during a battle with Israel troops and Palestinian gunmen. It also said that no one would be punished for the shooting.
The conclusions were unlikely to put to rest an issue that has worsened what already were badly strained relations between Israel and the Palestinians. Both Palestinian officials and Abu Akleh's family accused the army of evading responsibility for her killing.
&ldquo;Our family is not surprised by this outcome since it's obvious to anyone that Israeli war criminals cannot investigate their own crimes. However, we remain deeply hurt, frustrated and disappointed,&rdquo; her family said in a statement.
Abu Akleh, a 51-year-old Palestinian-American, was killed while covering an Israeli raid in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank on May 11. She had covered the West Bank for Al Jazeera for two decades and was a well-known face across the Arab world.
In a briefing with reporters, a senior Israeli military official said there was a &ldquo;very high likelihood&rdquo; that Abu Akleh was mistakenly shot by an Israeli soldier positioned inside an armoured vehicle who thought he was aiming at a militant.
&ldquo;He misidentified her,&rdquo; the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity under military briefing guidelines. &ldquo;His reports in real time... absolutely point to a misidentification.&rdquo; &ldquo;We know that he fired, but it could very well be that this happened from other fire,&rdquo; he added.
Jenin is known as a bastion of Palestinian militants, and Israel has carried out raids there almost nightly since a string of deadly attacks inside Israel earlier this year, some of which were carried out by assailants from the area.
Repeating previous Israeli claims, the military official said the soldiers had been under continuous fire for almost an hour from multiple directions before Abu Akleh was shot. The army released several videos showing Palestinian militants firing automatic weapons and soldiers coming under fire that day.
But the military provided no evidence to support its claim that a fierce gunbattle was under way at the time that Abu Akleh was shot. Amateur videos as well as witness accounts have shown no evidence of militants in the vicinity and the area appeared to be quiet for several minutes before she was shot.
It also was unclear how Abu Akleh, who was wearing a helmet and vest marked &ldquo;press&rdquo; at the time, could be mistaken for a militant. The official only said that the soldier's vision from inside the vehicle was &ldquo;very limited,&rdquo; causing Abu Akleh to be misidentified in a split-second decision.
He said the findings of the investigation had been turned over to the chief military prosecutor, who was satisfied with them and decided against a criminal investigation. That means no one will be charged in her death.
Critics have long accused the military of doing a poor job of investigating wrongdoing by its troops. The Israeli human rights group B'Tselem accused the army of carrying out a &ldquo;whitewash,&rdquo; while Abu Akleh's family and the Palestinian Authority both called for the case to be turned over to the International Criminal Court in the Hague. The ICC has opened an investigation into possible war crimes by Israel in both Gaza and the West Bank.
Nabil Abu Rdeneh, spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, dismissed the announcement as &ldquo;another Israeli attempt to evade responsibility for her killing.&rdquo; He said all evidence proves that &ldquo;Israel is the culprit, that it killed Shireen, and it must be held responsible for its crime.&rdquo; The PA, Abu Akleh's family and Al Jazeera have accused Israel of intentionally killing Abu Akleh, while a series of investigations by international media organizations, including The Associated Press, have found that Israeli troops most likely fired the fatal bullet. The United States concluded that an Israeli soldier likely killed her by mistake, but it did not explain how it reached that conclusion.
Al Jazeera's local bureau chief, Walid Al-Omari, said Monday's report was &ldquo;clearly an attempt to circumvent the opening of a criminal investigation.&rdquo; The Committee to Protect Journalists called the Israeli findings &ldquo;late and incomplete.&rdquo; "They provided no name for Shireen Abu Akleh's killer and no other information than his or her own testimony that the killing was a mistake,&rdquo; said Sherif Mansour, the group's Middle East and North Africa program coordinator. &ldquo;That does not provide the answers &mdash; by any measure of transparency or accountability &mdash; that her family and colleagues deserve.&rdquo; Israel has previously said she was killed during a complex battle with Palestinian militants and that only a forensic analysis of the bullet could confirm whether it was fired by an Israeli soldier or a Palestinian militant. However, a US-led analysis of the bullet last July was inconclusive as investigators said the bullet had been badly damaged.
US State Department spokesman Ned Price said Monday, &ldquo;We welcome Israel's review of this tragic incident, and again underscore the importance of accountability in this case, such as policies and procedures to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future.&rdquo; The AP reconstruction of Abu Akleh's killing lent support to witness accounts that she was killed by Israeli forces. Subsequent investigations by CNN, the New York Times and the Washington Post reached similar conclusions, as did monitoring by the office of the UN human rights chief.
Abu Akleh rose to fame two decades ago during the second Palestinian intifada, or uprising, against Israeli rule. She documented the harsh realities of life under Israeli military rule &mdash; now well into its sixth decade with no end in sight &mdash; for viewers across the Arab world.
Israeli police drew widespread criticism from around the world when they beat mourners and pallbearers at her funeral in Jerusalem. An Israeli newspaper reported that a police investigation found wrongdoing by some of its officers, but said those who supervised the event will not be seriously punished.
Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war and has built settlements where nearly 500,000 Israelis live alongside nearly 3 million Palestinians. The Palestinians want the territory to form the main part of a future state.
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Coffin of killed Al Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh almost fell to the ground as Israeli police moved it to beat Palestinians mourners.
Thousands of Palestinians had gathered in Jerusalem to take part in the funeral procession of the journalist who was reportedly killed by Israeli forces.
Shireen Abu Akleh was reportedly shot and killed while covering an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin early on Wednesday. Though there were intial assertions, especially from the Israeli army that the reporter had been killed in stray firing by Palestinian rebel fighters.
Her death resulted in an outpouring of grief in Palestine, the wider Arab world and journalistic community.
51-year-old Shireen was known around the world for her on-ground reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She joined Al Jazeera in 1997. She covered several historic moments in the confict from the Second Intifada, the Palestinian uprising against Israel in 2000 to the death of former Palrstine President Yasser Arafat

Journalist Shireen Akleh's coffin almost falls as Israeli police beats mourners

Thousands of Palestinians had gathered in Jerusalem to take part in the funeral procession of the journalist who was reportedly killed by Israeli forces.

51-year-old Shireen was known around the world for her on-ground reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Coffin of killed Al Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh almost fell to the ground as Israeli police moved it to beat Palestinians mourners.
Thousands of Palestinians had gathered in Jerusalem to take part in the funeral procession of the journalist who was reportedly killed by Israeli forces.
Shireen Abu Akleh was reportedly shot and killed while covering an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin early on Wednesday. Though there were initial assertions, especially from the Israeli army that the reporter had been killed in stray firing by Palestinian rebel fighters.
Her death resulted in an outpouring of grief in Palestine, the wider Arab world and journalistic community.
51-year-old Shireen was known around the world for her on-ground reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She joined Al Jazeera in 1997. She covered several historic moments in the conflict from the Second Intifada, the Palestinian uprising against Israel in 2000 to the death of former Palrstine President Yasser Arafat.&nbsp;

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