The reporter’s death occurred while she was covering an incursion into the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank , an AFP photographer confirmed.
Al Jazeera and the Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed the death of Abu-Aqleh, a leading figure on Al Jazeera’s Arabic service.
At the time of publication of this report there had been no comment from the Israeli army.
The circumstances of the communicator’s death were not clear; However, images of the incident, posted on social networks, showed that Abu Akleh was shot in the head and was wearing a press vest, as Nida Ibrahim of Al Jazeera described to her colleagues.
“What we know for now is that the Palestinian Ministry of Health has announced his death. Shireen Abu Akleh, was covering the events unfolding in Jenin (Jenin), specifically an Israeli raid on the city, which is in the north of the occupied West Bank, when she was shot in the head,” Ibrahim said, speaking from the Palestinian city. of Ramallah, quoted by Al Jazeera on its website.
The ambassador, head of the Palestinian Mission in the United Kingdom, Husam Zomlot , lamented on Twitter the death of the experienced reporter. For Zomlot, it was the Israeli occupation forces that killed Shireen Abu Akleh . The official noted that Shireen “was the most prominent Palestinian journalist and a close friend.”
Israeli occupation forces assassinated our beloved journalist Shireen Abu Akleh while covering their brutality in Jenin this morning. Shireen was most prominent Palestinian journalist and a close friend. Now we will hear the “concerns” of the UK govt & the international community pic.twitter.com/M6lKTbceHJ
— Husam Zomlot (@hzomlot) May 11, 2022