U.S. says Israeli military gunfire likely killed Al Jazeera journalist.
July 04, 2022, 4:44 PMShireen Abu Akleh, a journalist for Al Jazeera network, stands in an area where the Dome of the Rock shrine at Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem is seen at right in the background, in an undated photo.A U.S. analysis of Israeli and Palestinian investigations has determined that gunfire from Israeli positionsin May but there was "no reason to believe" her shooting was intentional, the State Department said Monday.
"Ballistic experts determined the bullet was badly damaged, which prevented a clear conclusion," said Ned Price, the State Department's spokesman. "By summarizing both investigations, the USSC concluded that gunfire from IDF positions was likely responsible for the death of Shireen Abu Akleh," Price said.
"All information we have gathered -- including official information from the Israeli military and the Palestinian Attorney-General -- is consistent with the finding that the shots that killed Abu Akleh and injured her colleague Ali Sammoudi came from Israeli Security Forces and not from indiscriminate firing by armed Palestinians, as initially claimed by Israeli authorities," it said in a statement.
A deal was worked out where the U.S. would monitor a ballistics test carried out by Israeli forensics efforts that the State Department and the Israeli Defense Forces said today was inconclusive because of damage to the bullet.
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