TV2 just published an article which stated:
“لقيت صحفية من قناة الجزيرة العربية مصرعها في الضفة الغربية يوم الأربعاء.
وتقول الجزيرة ـ بحسب وكالة رويترز ـ إن الصحفية قتل برصاص جنود الاحتلال، وقال مسؤول فلسطيني إن الصحفية شيرين أبو عقلة “اغتالتها” جنود الاحتلال أثناء تغطيتها غارة عسكرية في مدينة جنين.
Another journalist injured
The Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Health confirmed the death of Shireen Abu Akleh and said that another journalist, Ali Samoudi, was injured.
وقال الجيش الإسرائيلي في بيان إن القوات الإسرائيلية ردت بإطلاق النار بعد تعرضها لـ “قصف مكثف” في جنين.
ويضيف الجيش أنه “من المحتمل أن يكون المحققون قد أصيبوا – ربما من قبل فلسطينيين مسلحين”.
Jenin is located in the northern West Bank, and several military raids have been launched in the city recently due to escalating violence, according to Reuters.
According to the news agency, a photographer from Agence France-Presse reported that Shireen Abu Akleh (51 years old), a seasoned journalist, was shot in the head by occupation soldiers.
Al Jazeera was Shireen Abu Akleh's workplace until her death.
Media outlets reported that she was admitted to the hospital in critical condition after being shot, and her death was announced at the hospital, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
Al Jazeera correspondent in the West Bank, Nidaa Ibrahim, said that video footage of the incidents shows Shireen Abu Akleh being shot in the head while covering events in Jenin.
وقالت ندى إبراهيم للجزيرة “هذه صدمة للصحفيين الذين عملوا معها”. ” انتهى.
Al Jazeera Arabic and English and other Arab media reported that journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed this morning by a bullet to the head from a sniper while she was performing her duties and covering the Israeli occupation’s raid on the city of Jenin in the West Bank. Video footage showed Shireen Abu Akleh standing wearing a press vest and helmet. Social media was abuzz with the news, and Arab media outlets also circulated photos of solidarity vigils held by journalists in front of Al Jazeera’s offices in the Jordanian capital, Amman, to condemn Israeli crimes against journalists.
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