After the official ceremony yesterday Thursday in Ramallah, it is at the beginning of the afternoon in East Jerusalem that the funeral of Shireen Abu Akleh, the Palestinian-American journalist killed in Jenin by a bullet in the head, will take place. Tighter security measures in Jerusalem in an atmosphere of extreme tension.
East Jerusalem is in mourning to accompany Shireen Abu Akleh to her final resting place, the small Christian cemetery of Mount Zion. Previously a mass must be said in his memory in a Syriac church in the old city of Jerusalem, reports our correspondent in Jerusalem, Michael Paul.
► Read also : Al Jazeera journalist killed in Jenin: Israel calls for examination of bullet, Arab countries for independent investigation
The police system has been reinforced. Thousands of participants will follow the coffin of the star journalist of Al Jazeera in the alleys of the city where she grew up. She was known and loved by all Palestinians, said a resident of the eastern part of the city. A tribute was already paid to him on Thursdayin the presence of the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, at the Mouqata’a, the Palestinian presidential palace, in the presence of thousands of people.
Many journalists will also be present both this Friday to cover this event with worldwide repercussions but also to pay a last tribute to a colleague.
Tensions still in Jenin
And since this morning in the very area where Shireen was killed, the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, a new Israeli special forces operation has been taking place in an attempt to apprehend wanted Palestinians. A house was shelled and at least 11 Palestinians were injured.
The Israeli army said on Friday that it was not immediately possible to determine the origin of the shot that killed the Palestinian-American journalist from Al Jazeera on Wednesday, according to the preliminary results of its investigation.
“The conclusion of the preliminary report is that it is not possible to determine the source of the shot that hit and killed the reporter,” the army said in a statement, noting that he could be of Palestinian origin or Israeli.
► Also to listen : Israel is “a country that frees itself from respect for the rule of law”