Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh shot and killed in West Bank

An Al-Jazeera journalist was shot and killed whereas overlaying an Israeli raid within the occupied West Financial institution city of Jenin early Wednesday, the Palestinian well being ministry stated.

It stated Shireen Abu Akleh, a widely known Palestinian reporter for the broadcaster's Arabic language channel, was shot and died quickly afterward.

One other Palestinian journalist working for the Jerusalem-based Al-Quds newspaper was wounded however is in a secure situation.

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Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed whereas overlaying an Israeli raid within the occupied West Financial institution city of Jenin early Wednesday.(Twitter)

The well being ministry stated the reporters have been hit by Israeli hearth.

In video footage of the incident, Abu Akleh may be seen carrying a blue flak jacket clearly marked with the phrase "PRESS."

The Israeli army stated its forces got here below assault with heavy gunfire and explosives whereas working in Jenin, and that they fired again.

The army stated it's "investigating the occasion and searching into the chance that the journalists have been hit by the Palestinian gunmen".

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An injured journalist is being hugged by one of many colleagues of killed journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a journalist for the Al-Jazeera community, within the Hospital West Financial institution city of Jenin.(AP)

Israel has carried out near-daily raids within the occupied West Financial institution in current weeks amid a collection of lethal assaults inside Israel, lots of them carried out by Palestinians from in and round Jenin.

The city, and significantly its refugee camp, has lengthy been often called a militant bastion.

Israel captured the West Financial institution within the 1967 Mideast struggle, and the Palestinians need the territory to type the primary a part of their future state.

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Journalists and medics wheels the physique of Shireen Abu Akleh, a widely known Palestinian reporter for Al-Jazeera into the morgue contained in the Hospital West Financial institution city of Jenin.(AP)

Practically 3 million Palestinians dwell within the territory below Israeli army rule. Israel has constructed greater than 130 settlements throughout the West Financial institution which are house to just about 500,000 Jewish settlers, who've full Israeli citizenship.

Israelis have lengthy been important of Al-Jazeera's protection, however authorities typically permit its journalists to function freely.

One other Al-Jazeera reporter, Givara Budeiri, was briefly detained final yr throughout a protest in Jerusalem and handled for a damaged hand, which her employer blamed on tough remedy by police.