Al Jazeera’s well-known journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was reporting on the raid on the Jenin refugee camp.
Al Jazeera’s reporter has been shot in the West Bank, news agencies say.
The details of the events are still unclear.
A well-known Palestinian reporter for an Arabic-language TV channel Shireen Abu Aklehia was shot while reporting on a raid on the Jenin refugee camp.
According to Al Jazeera, the veteran reporter was shot in the head by Israeli forces and the act was “intentional” and “cold-blooded.” According to the Israeli army, the Palestinians could shoot him when they clashed with Israeli forces.
According to Kochav, Israel has proposed to the Palestinians a rapid joint investigation.
– If we really killed him, we’ll take responsibility, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.
Qatari Minister: Shot in the face
Deputy Foreign Minister of Qatar Lolwah Al Khater tweeted on the subject and said Abu Aklehi was shot in the face and that he was wearing a press vest.
In the video footage of the incident, Abu Akleh is seen wearing a blue bulletproof vest with the word “press” clearly marked for the press, news agency AP and Haaretz report.
President of the Palestinians Mahmoud Abbas said the Israeli army was fully responsible for Abu Aklah’s death, according to Reuters.
The Israeli military confirmed that it had carried out the operation early Wednesday at a camp in the north of the West Bank, according to AFP news agency.
Israeli forces intended to arrest terrorist suspects from the camp and several other areas of the West Bank, the army said, according to Haaretz.
According to the AFP, the camp has armed Palestinian groups.
A Palestinian journalist working for the Al-Quds newspaper was also injured in the situation, the AP news agency reported. His condition is stable.