killing of Shireen Abu Akleh

When

11 May 2022

Kind

Assassination

Deaths

1

Coordinates

32.46° N, 35.28° E

Description

assassination of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by the Israeli forces

2022 killing of a Palestinian journalist

On 11 May 2022, Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed by Israel Defense Forces while covering a raid at the Jenin refugee camp. Witnesses, along with the Qatari media network Al Jazeera, for which Abu Akleh had worked for 25 years, reported that an Israeli soldier shot her in the head.

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