US says Israeli military gunfire likely responsible for Shireen Abu Akleh's death but ......
Source: CNN
US says Israeli military gunfire likely responsible for Shireen Abu Akleh's death but examination of bullet inconclusive
An examination of the bullet that killed Al Jazeera correspondent and Palestinian-American citizen Shireen Abu Akleh "could not reach a definitive conclusion" regarding its origin, due to the condition of the bullet, but the US Security Coordinator has "concluded that gunfire from [Israel Defense Forces] positions was likely responsible" for her death, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement Monday.
Price said that conclusion on the likely responsibility for the killing came "by summarizing both" the IDF and Palestinian Authority investigations -- probes to which the US Security Coordinator was granted "full access" over the past several weeks.
The Security Coordinator, Price said, "found no reason to believe that this was intentional but rather the result of tragic circumstances during an IDF-led military operation against factions of Palestinian Islamic Jihad on May 11, 2022, in Jenin, which followed a series of terrorist attacks in Israel."
He noted that the examination of the bullet was "extremely detailed," and that "independent, third-party examiners, as part of a process overseen by the U.S. Security Coordinator (USSC)," were unable to definitively conclude its origin.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/04/politics/shireen-abu-akleh-bullet-investigation-us-palestinian-authority/index.html
