Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that Israeli authorities were “fully responsible” for the killing of a senior Al Jazeera correspondent during the fighting in the occupied West Bank, and called for an international investigation.
Shireen Abu Akleh was shot in the head in Jenin on Wednesday. Al Jazeera and Qatar, on which the news network is based, accused Israeli soldiers of murder.
Israel, which mourns the death of Abu Akleh, said the deadly shot may have been fired by a Palestinian sniper. He proposed a joint investigation with the Palestinians and asked them to give the lead for analysis.
“We reject joint investigation with the Israeli occupation authorities because they committed crimes and we do not trust them,” Abbas said at the official ceremony honoring Palestinian Abu Akleh. Said.
He added that the Palestinian Authority will “immediately go to the International Criminal Court to find the culprits”.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett confirmed that the Palestinian Authority has rejected a joint investigation.
“I reiterate my expectation of open, transparent and full cooperation,” the statement said.
Abu Akleh, 51, was wearing a blue vest clearly marked “The Press” while working in Jenin, he told Al Jazeera. He was watching the latest arrest operation launched by the Israeli army amid deadly Arab attacks in Israel. Another Palestinian journalist, Ali Samoodi, who was at the scene, was injured.
source: Noticias
