Al-Jazeera Claims Israel Deliberately Shot, Killed Its Reporter During West Bank Raid

Both reporters were wearing blue flak jackets clearly marked with the word “PRESS.”It was unclear if the two videos were shot at the same location, and neither one showed the source of the gunfire.Israel said it had proposed a joint investigation and autopsy with the Palestinian Authority, which refused the offer.The Palestinian Authority, which administers parts of the occupied West Bank and cooperates with Israel on security matters, condemned what it said was a “shocking crime” committed by Israeli forces.Abu Akleh, 51, was born in Jerusalem. He said the military’s suggestion that they were shot by militants was a “complete lie.”Shaza Hanaysheh, another Palestinian journalist among the reporters, similar account in an interview with Al Jazeera’s Arabic channel, saying there were no clashes or shooting in the immediate area.She said that when the shots rang out she and Abu Akleh ran toward a tree to take shelter.“I reached the tree before Shireen. I encourage a thorough investigation into the circumstances of her death and the injury of at least one other journalist today in Jenin.Jordan’s foreign minister, Ayman Safadi, called the shooting “a heinous crime, and a flagrant attack on press freedom whose perpetrators must be held accountable.”In a separate incident on Wednesday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said an 18-year-old, identified as Thair al-Yazouri, was shot and killed by Israeli forces near Ramallah.