JERUSALEM (AP):
The Palestinian Authority on Saturday said it has given the bullet that killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to American forensic experts, taking a step toward resolving a stand-off with Israel over the investigation into her death
JERUSALEM (AP):
The Palestinian Authority on Saturday said it has given the bullet that killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to American forensic experts, taking a step toward resolving a stand-off with Israel over the investigation into her death.
The announcement came just over a week before United States President Joe Biden is to visit Israel and the occupied West Bank for meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. It signalled that both sides may be working to find a solution to the deadlock.
Abu Akleh, a veteran correspondent who was well known throughout the Arab world, was fatally shot while covering an Israeli military raid on May 11 in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinians, along with Abu Akleh‘s colleagues who were with her at the time, say she was killed by Israeli fire. The Israeli army says that she was caught in the crossfire of a battle with Palestinian gunmen, and that it is impossible to determine which side killed her without analysing the bullet.
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