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Shireen Abu Akleh was a well-known and recognized journalist for Al-Jazeera channel. She was killed on Wednesday May 11 while covering an Israeli army operation in the West Bank. The Israeli army denies any responsibility, but Reporters Without Borders, the UN, the United States and Europe are calling for a transparent investigation.
On Wednesday, May 11, shots rang out in the city of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. Someone is hit around the corner and a man wants to help him. On the ground, the body of a reporter dressed in a helmet and a bulletproof vest. She had come to cover an Israeli army raid in the city. The shootings continue.
The victim, Shireen Abu Akleh, was an iconic Al-Jazeera journalist. His colleagues mourn his disappearance. She had covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for more than twenty years. “There is no place in Palestine that Shireen had not reached, where she had not put her life in danger to transmit the truth”, testifies a journalist, Naila Khalil. The channel denounces a cold-blooded murder perpetrated by the Israeli army. The Jewish state rejects the charges against him. France, Europe and the UN are calling for a transparent investigation.