Shireen Abu Akleh: Al Jazeera reporter killed by Israeli gunfire
By Zena Al Tahhan
Published On 11 May 202211 May 2022
Israeli forces shot Abu Akleh in the head while she was on assignment in Jenin i
n the occupied West Bank.
Israeli forces have shot dead Al Jazeera’s journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the
occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
Abu Akleh, a longtime TV correspondent for Al Jazeera Arabic, was killed on Wedn
esday while covering Israeli army raids in the city of Jenin in the northern occ
upied West Bank.
She was rushed to a hospital in Jenin in critical condition, where she was decla
red dead shortly after, at 7:15am (4:15 GMT), according to the ministry and Al J
azeera journalists.
Abu Akleh was wearing a press vest and was standing with other journalists when
she was killed.
The head of the medicine department at al-Najah University in Nablus confirmed t
hat Abu Akleh was shot in the head. He said that her body was transferred for an
autopsy based on an order from the public prosecution.
Another Al Jazeera journalist, Ali al-Samoudi, was also wounded by a bullet in t
he back at the scene. He is now in stable condition.
‘No confrontations’
Al-Samoudi and other journalists at the scene said there were no Palestinian fig
hters present when the journalists were shot, directly disputing an Israeli stat
ement referencing the possibility that it was Palestinian fire.
“We were going to film the Israeli army operation and suddenly they shot us wit
hout asking us to leave or stop filming,” said al-Samoudi.
“The first bullet hit me and the second bullet hit Shireen … there was no Pale
stinian military resistance at all at the scene.”
Shatha Hanaysha, a local journalist who was standing next to Abu Akleh when she
was shot, also told Al Jazeera that there had been no confrontations between Pal
estinian fighters and the Israeli army. She said the group of journalists had be
en directly targeted.
“We were four journalists, we were all wearing vests, all wearing helmets,” Ha
naysha said. “The [Israeli] occupation army did not stop firing even after she
collapsed. I couldn’t even extend my arm to pull her because of the shots being
fired. The army was adamant on shooting to kill.”
The details of Abu Akleh’s killing are still emerging, but videos of the incide
nt show that she was shot in the head, said Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim.
“What we know for now is that the Palestinian health ministry has announced her
death. Shireen Abu Akleh was covering the events unfolding in Jenin, specifical
ly, an Israeli raid on the city, which is north of the occupied West Bank, when
she was hit by a bullet to the head,” Ibrahim said, speaking from the Palestini
an city of Ramallah.
In her last email to the network, Abu Akleh sent a message to Al Jazeera’s Rama
llah bureau at 6:13 a.m. in which she wrote: “Occupation forces storm Jenin and
besiege a house in the Jabriyat neighbourhood. On the way there – I will bring
you news as soon as the picture becomes clear.”
Separately on Wednesday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health minist
ry said an 18 year old Palestinian, Thaer Mislet-Yazouri, was shot by Israeli fo
rces in the town of el-Bireh, near the illegal settlement of Psagot.
Shock and grief
Abu Akleh, who was a dual Palestinian-American national, was one of Al Jazeera’
s first field correspondents, joining the network in 1997.
Grief and sorrow filled the Al Jazeera offices in downtown Ramallah as the news
quickly spread and dozens of colleagues, fellow journalists, friends, and Palest
inian figures poured in, including Palestinian politicians Hanan Ashrawi and Kha
lida Jarrar.
Palestinian MP Khalida Jarrar said that Abu Akleh was the voice of Palestinians
and was killed by “the monstrosity of Israeli colonialism and occupation”.
“Shireen was always my voice from the prison cells,” Jarrar told Al Jazeera, a
dding that a month into her last detention by Israel, Shireen was the first pers
on she saw at her court hearings.
“Shireen was our voice. It is unbelievable. It is a crime, it is all clear – i
ntentional and direct targeting. She was targeted. It’s clear,” said Jarrar.
One of Abu Akleh’s former colleagues, Mohammad Hawwash, who knew her for more t
han 25 years, said she was a “real journalist”.
“Shereen was a professional and unbiased journalist who conveyed the reality an
d events as they are,” Hawwash, 70, told Al Jazeera.
The Israeli military said its soldiers had come under attack with heavy gunfire
and explosives while operating in Jenin, and that they fired back. It added that
it was “investigating the event”.
The Palestinian presidency condemned the killing, saying in a statement that it
holds the Israeli occupation responsible.
Palestinian Authority (PA) government spokesperson Ibrahim Melhem described it a
s a “comprehensive crime committed against a well-known journalist”.
“The killing was deliberate… There will be an autopsy by Palestinian medics, w
hich will be followed by a report including all the details of the killing,” Me
lhem told Al Jazeera. “However, all the witnesses present at the scene of the c
rime ensures that it was an Israeli sniper that committed the crime in a deliber
ate way.”
Yair Lapid, the Israeli foreign minister, said Tel Aviv was offering a “joint p
athological investigation” into Abu Akleh’s “sad death”. He added that “jou
rnalists must be protected in conflict zones”.
Al Jazeera’s offices in the Gaza Strip, in a building that also housed the Asso
ciated Press, were bombed by Israeli forces during an offensive a year ago, and
Palestinian and international journalists say they have been regularly targeted
by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem.
Many in Palestine and abroad took to social media to express their shock and gri
ef.
“Israeli occupation forces assassinated our beloved journalist Shireen Abu Akle
h while covering their brutality in Jenin this morning. Shireen was most promine
nt Palestinian journalist and a close friend,” wrote Husam Zomlot, the Palestin
ian ambassador to the United Kingdom.
Those who knew her described her as brave, kind and a voice for the Palestinians
.
“Shireen was a brave, kind and high integrity journalist that I and millions of
Palestinians grew up watching,” wrote Fadi Quran, an activist at the campaign
group, Avaaz.
“Horrified to hear of Israel’s killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Ak
leh in Jenin! Shireen has boldly covered Israel’s aggression in Palestine for o
ver two decades,” wrote Huwaida Arraf, a Palestinian-American activist and lawy
er.
“In disbelief,” wrote Salem Barahmeh, a Palestinian activist. “We grew up to
her reporting on the second intifada. She was our voice. Rest in power and peace
. Another day, another tragedy.”
Giles Trendle, Al Jazeera’s managing director, said the network was “shocked a
nd saddened” by the death of Shireen Abu Akleh.
“We have had a history throughout the world but particularly in this region, wh
ere we have had tragedies,” he said, calling for a transparent investigation of
the killing of Abu Akleh.
“As journalists, we carry on. Our mission is to carry on. We will not be silenc
ed,” said Trendle. “Our mission is always to carry on to inform the world what
is happening. And that is more important ever.”
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