The US requested Israel review its rules of engagement in the occupied West Bank after Palestinian-American reporter Shireen Abu Akleh was shot dead by Israeli forces in May, according to sources.
The Axios website reported the news on Wednesday, citing three American and Israeli sources.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Benny Gantz, Israel’s defence minister, requesting the Israeli army’s ultimate findings in its probe of the Abu Akleh incident be released as quickly as possible.
It followed a meeting in Washington between Blinken and Abu Akleh’s family in late July.
After the meeting, the slain Al Jazeera reporter’s niece Lina tweeted that Blinken “made some commitments” but the family was “still waiting to see if this administration will meaningfully answer our calls for justice for Shireen”.
Blinken told Gantz reviewing the rules of engagement would be a move in the direction of accountability, Axios’s sources said.
