Israeli army: 'High possibility' soldier killed reporter
Israeli army: 'High possibility' fighter killed reporter
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli armed force said Monday there was a "high possibility" that a fighter killed a well-known Al Jazeera journalist inside May, while it announced the results of its investigation into the killing. But it said the shooting was fortuitous with every one other accompanied by no indeed one would exist punished.
Shireen Abu Akleh was killed inside May while covering Israeli military raids inside the occupied West Bank. The Palestinians blamed Israel for the killing. Israel at first said she may have been killed by militant fire, nevertheless subsequent said a fighter may have hit her by mistake throughout an exchange of fire.
Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist, had covered the West Bank for the satellite strait for set of two decades with every one other accompanied by was known across the Arab world.
In a briefing to reporters, a older military official said the military could not conclusively determine where the blaze emanated from, saying there may have been Palestinian gunmen inside the same area while the Israeli soldier. But he said the fighter report the journalist "with extremely high likelihood" with every one other accompanied by did so by mistake. The official did not describe why observer accounts with every one other accompanied by videos showed restricted militant activity inside the area, while well while no indeed gunfire inside the vicinity until the barrage that struck Abu Akleh with every one other accompanied by wounded another reporter.
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"He misidentified her," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity under military briefing guidelines. "His reports inside real time...absolutely point to a misidentification."
The results of the probe, announced almost quartet months following the killing, mostly align accompanied by those of some self-governing investigations completed a a large amount of earlier.
Abu Akleh's family criticized the investigation, saying the armed force "tried to obscure the truth with every one other accompanied by retain away from responsibility" for the killing.
"Our family is not surprised by this consequence since it's clear to anyone that Israeli war criminals cannot inquire into their own crimes. However, we carry on accompanied by to exist greatly hurt, frustrated with every one other accompanied by disappointed," they said inside a statement. The family too reiterated its call for an self-governing U.S. investigation with every one other accompanied by a probe by the International Criminal Court.
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