JERUSALEM — A journalist for Al-Jazeera was shot and killed whereas overlaying an Israeli raid within the occupied West Financial institution city of Jenin early Wednesday, the Palestinian well being ministry mentioned.
It mentioned Shireen Abu Akleh, a widely known Palestinian feminine reporter for the broadcaster’s Arabic language channel, was shot and died quickly afterward. One other Palestinian journalist working for the Jerusalem-based Al-Quds newspaper was wounded however in steady situation.
The well being ministry mentioned the reporters have been hit by Israeli hearth. In video footage of the incident, Abu Akleh may be seen sporting a blue flak jacket clearly marked with the phrase “PRESS.”
The Israeli navy mentioned its forces got here beneath assault with heavy gunfire and explosives whereas working in Jenin, and that they fired again. The navy mentioned it's “investigating the occasion and looking out into the chance that the journalists have been hit by the Palestinian gunmen.”
Israel has carried out near-daily raids within the occupied West Financial institution in current weeks amid a collection of lethal assaults inside Israel, lots of them carried out by Palestinians from in and round Jenin. The city, and notably its refugee camp, has lengthy been often called a militant bastion.
Israel captured the West Financial institution within the 1967 Mideast battle, and the Palestinians need the territory to kind the principle a part of their future state. Practically 3 million Palestinians reside within the territory beneath Israeli navy rule. Israel has constructed greater than 130 settlements throughout the West Financial institution which can be house to almost 500,000 Jewish settlers, who've full Israeli citizenship.
Israelis have lengthy been vital of Al-Jazeera’s protection, however authorities typically permit its journalists to function freely. One other Al-Jazeera reporter, Givara Budeiri, was briefly detained final 12 months throughout a protest in Jerusalem and handled for a damaged hand, which her employer blamed on tough therapy by police.
Relations between Israeli forces and the media, particularly Palestinian journalists, is strained. Plenty of Palestinian reporters have been wounded by rubber-coated bullets or tear fuel whereas overlaying demonstrations within the West Financial institution. A Palestinian journalist in Gaza was shot and killed by Israeli forces whereas filming violent protests alongside the Gaza frontier in 2018.
In November of that 12 months, Related Press reporter Rashed Rashid was overlaying a protest close to the Gaza frontier when he was shot within the left ankle, apparently by Israeli hearth. Rashid was sporting protecting gear that clearly recognized him as a journalist, and was standing with a crowd of different journalists some 600 meters (660 yards) away from the Israeli border when he was hit. The navy has by no means acknowledged the taking pictures.
Throughout final 12 months’s battle between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers, an Israeli airstrike destroyed the constructing in Gaza Metropolis housing the places of work of The Related Press and Al-Jazeera. Residents have been warned to evacuate and nobody was damage within the strike. Israel mentioned Hamas was utilizing the constructing as a command heart however has offered no proof.
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