An investigation indicates that “the most likely” is that the Israeli Army killed the journalist Abu Aklé

by time news

According to an investigation by the newspaper ‘The New York Times’, “most likely” is that the Palestinian-American journalist Shirin Abu Akle was killed by Israeli military fire despite the official Israeli position that blames Palestinian militiamen.

After determining that they were 16 shots at the time of the journalist’s deaththe microsecond analysis of the sound of the bullets in the recordings has made it possible to determine the distance at which the shots were fired: between 150 and 180 meters.

Precisely at that distance and with a direct view of the place where the journalist was there was an Israeli military armored vehicle, while the Palestinian militiamen were closer and with a wall between them and the journalists.

However, research indicates that There is no indication that the military intended to end the life of the Al Jazeera journalist.

“We have found no evidence that the shooter recognized Abu Aklé or that he personally shot her. ‘The Times’ has not been able to determine whether the shooter saw her and her colleagues had protective vests with the word ‘press‘ (press) overprinted,” the newspaper noted.

Abu Aklé died on May 11 after being shot in the head.a in the framework of an operation by the Israeli security forces in the West Bank city of Jenin.

The Israeli authorities already indicated last week that the Army had identified the weapon with which the journalist could have been shot, though they stressed that they cannot be safe unless the Palestinian authorities hand over the bullet, which they have refused to do.

Now the investigation of the New York newspaper has reconstructed the moments before the shooting using various videos of Palestinian civilians who were at the scene, the security cameras and the testimonies of seven witnesses.

The analysis of the audio tracks and the work of experts who have visited the scene of the incident, in addition to the account of the Israeli military authorities, have yielded these conclusions, They emphasize that there were no armed Palestinians in the place where the journalist was.

In fact, it highlights that Two minutes had passed since the last shooting and the thirteen-round burst that killed Abu Aklé. Israel maintains that if it was an Israeli shot, the soldier was trying to shoot a nearby Palestinian gunman.

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