According to the Palestinian health ministry, Israeli troops killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank.
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According to the ministry and Al Jazeera journalists, she was shot by a live bullet while documenting Israeli raids in Jenin on Wednesday and was brought to the hospital in severe condition.
When Abu Akleh was slain, she was wearing a press vest.
According to the government, she was declared deceased at the hospital.
Ali Samoudi, another Al Jazeera correspondent, was also injured after being shot in the back.
He is presently in stable condition and claims that no Palestinian fighters were there when the journalists were shot, contradicting an Israeli statement that suggested otherwise.
According to Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim, the circumstances behind Abu Akleh’s death are still unknown, but videos of the incident suggest that she was shot in the head.
