{"id":15232,"date":"2022-05-11T09:53:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T09:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigeria21.com\/?p=15232"},"modified":"2022-05-11T09:53:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T09:53:34","slug":"israeli-troops-shoot-to-head-of-al-jazeera-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeria21.com\/2022\/05\/11\/israeli-troops-shoot-to-head-of-al-jazeera-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli troops shoot to head of Al Jazeera reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Israeli troops shoot to head of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh while she was reporting from Jenin and wearing a press vest.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Israeli forces have shot dead Al Jazeera\u2019s journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian health ministry.<\/p>\n<p>She was hit by a live bullet on Wednesday while covering Israeli raids in the city of Jenin and was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, according to the ministry and Al Jazeera journalists. Abu Akleh was wearing a press vest when she was killed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>She was declared dead at the hospital, the ministry said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another Al Jazeera journalist, Ali Samoudi, was also wounded after being shot in the back. He is now in a stable condition and said that there were no Palestinian fighters present when the journalists were shot, directly disputing an Israeli statement that referenced the possibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were going to film the Israeli army operation and suddenly they shot us without asking us to leave or stop filming,\u201d said Samoudi. \u201cThe first bullet hit me and the second bullet hit Shireen \u2026 there was no Palestinian military resistance at all at the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shatha Hanaysha, a Palestinian journalist who was present next to Abu Akleh when she was shot, also told Al Jazeera that there had been no confrontations between Palestinian fighters and the Israeli army, and said that the group of journalists had been targeted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/nigeria21.com\/2022\/05\/10\/irc-syrias-suffering-cant-be-forgotten-amid-ukraine-invasion\/\">IRC: Syria\u2019s suffering can\u2019t be forgotten amid Ukraine invasion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were four journalists, we were all wearing vests, all wearing helmets,\u201d Hanaysha said. \u201cThe [Israeli] occupation army did not stop firing even after she collapsed. I couldn\u2019t even extend my arm to pull her because of the shots. The army was adamant on shooting to kill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The circumstances of Abu Akleh\u2019s death are still emerging, but videos of the incident show that she was shot in the head, said Al Jazeera\u2019s, Nida Ibrahim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli troops shoot to head of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh while she was reporting from Jenin and wearing a press vest. Israeli forces have shot dead Al Jazeera\u2019s journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian health ministry. 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