U.S. says shots that murdered journalists are likely to have been fired from Israeli standpoint

U.S. officials saykilled Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in a shooting from an Israeli position. ConcludedBut her shooting was intentional, "there is no reason to believe," the State Department said on Monday.

According to a statement from State Department spokesman Edward Price, the United States said the finding was not a definitive test under US surveillance of bullets recovered from Abu Acre's body. It was after that. An "independent third-party examiner" has conducted a "very detailed forensic analysis."

Ballistic experts determined that the bullet was badly damaged and could not make a definite conclusion as to who fired it, "Price said in a statement.

Abu Acre, a well-known Palestinian-American veteran correspondent in the Arab world, was shot dead}  While reporting an Israeli attack on May 11 at the Genin refugee camp on the occupied west bank. Palestinian witnesses, including her crew, say Israeli troops have killed her and there are no militants in the immediate vicinity of her.

Israel is her Killed during a complex battle with Palestinian militants, only forensic analysis of the bullet will see if it was fired by Israeli soldiers or Palestinian militants. She strongly denies that she was deliberately targeted, but she states that Israeli soldiers may have accidentally hit her while exchanging fire with the militants. ..

U.S. security officials investigated the results of separate investigations into Palestine and Israel and concluded that "shooting from the IDF's standpoint was likely the cause of Shireen Abu Akleh's death." Price said.

The United States "has no reason to believe this is intentional, but rather the result of a tragic situation during an IDF-led military operation against the Islamic Jihad faction in Palestine," Price said. Stated.

Israeli forces announce findings as part of their own investigation in a statement that could offend Palestinians did. Authorities who have categorically rejected Israel's role in the investigation and refused to share bullets with Israeli authorities.

The military said the bullet was inspected by Israeli experts at the Israeli Forensic Institute while the bullet was under the control of US authorities throughout the process.

Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Aviv Kohabi ordered the investigation to continue "by all means," the military said in a statement. He said the decision to start a criminal investigation would only be made after the investigation was completed.

The Palestinian Authority and Al Jazeera have accused Israeli forces of deliberately targeting them within hours of Abu Acre's death. Al Jazeera urged the international community to "responsible and accountable for the deliberate targeting and killing of our colleagues by the Israeli occupation forces."

HerAssociated Press reconstruction of her murderexplains by Palestinian witnesses (including her crew) that she was killed by Israeli troops. I supported it. Subsequent investigations by CNN, The New York TimesandThe Washington Post, reached similar conclusions.

Abu Acre, 51, was born in Jerusalem. She started working in Al Jazeera in 1997 and she regularly reported on cameras from across Palestine territory.

CBS News correspondentImtiazTyabpersonally knew Abu Acre and she worked with her in Jerusalem. He called her a kind and generous colleague, and she always tried to reach out to people with little contact.

Violence was hurtAbu Acre's funeral On May 13, a large crowd gathered to carry a casket from the morgue of the hospital to a church in the Old City of Jerusalem. .. The video clip showed the Israeli riot police pushing and pushing the mourners and firing tear gas.

Al Jazeera warned the brothers of Abu Acre to limit the size of the burial, saying that they should not raise the Palestinian flag or cast a slogan, but he requested. Said he refused.

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