Witness testimony and videos obtained by CNN reveal how the veteran Palestinian-American journalist was shot dead in a targeted attack in the West Bank, while she was covering an Israeli raid with a group of other reporters.
Highlights
- Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, was killed by a bullet to the head at around 6:30 a.m.
- on May 11.
- She had been standing with a group of journalists near the entrance of Jenin refugee camp, where they had come to cover an Israeli raid.
- Eyewitnesses say they believe Israeli forces on the same street fired deliberately on the reporters in a targeted attack.
- The Israel Defense Forces says it is not clear who fired the fatal shot.
- An investigation by CNN has found new evidence that there was no active combat, nor any Palestinian militants, in the moments leading up to her death.