The Palestinian Ministry of Health and the Al-Jazeera Channel reported that the journalist had been shot dead by Israeli forces during clashes in the stronghold of Palestinian militias north of the occupied West Bank. An AFP photographer at the site also reported that the Israeli army opened fire and saw the body of a reporter dressed in bulletproof vests.
Palestinian, Christian and in the fifties, before joining the Shirin Abu Agle al-Jazeera channel, he worked for “La Voix de la Palestine” on Radio Monte-Carlo, where he was known throughout the Middle East for his Israeli news. Palestinian conflict.
Hospital sources and an AFP photographer said another journalist was injured during the clashes.
“Terrible crime”
Al-Jazeera reported that Shirin Abu Agle was killed by Israeli forces “in cold blood” and that the journalist was wearing a jacket.
“Al-Jazeera condemns this heinous crime, which aims to prevent the media from doing their job,” the Qatar Channel said, calling on the international community to “hold Israeli occupation forces accountable for the deliberate killing of Shirin.”
Qatari officials say an Al-Jazeera journalist was shot in the “face” while wearing “press” clothing.
The Israeli military, for its part, has said in the past few hours that it has been conducting operations in the Palestinian Gene camp and other parts of the West Bank to “arrest suspected terrorists.”
“During these counter-terrorism operations in the Palestinian camp in Jenin, dozens of Palestinian gunmen opened fire and fired ammunition at Israeli forces, threatening their lives. The soldiers fired back. People were wounded.” , The Israeli military said.
“The military is investigating the incident and is considering the possibility of journalists being attacked by Palestinian gunmen,” the statement added.
A year after Gaza
Journalist Shirin Abu Agle’s death comes almost a year after the Israeli airstrikes in the midst of the war between the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas and the demolition of the Jala tower where the Qatari channel’s offices were located in the Gaza Strip. And the Jewish state.
The 11-day war left 260 dead on the Palestinian side, including several militants and children, and 14 in Israel, including one soldier and two minors.
One year after the last war in Gaza, tensions between the Jewish state and Hamas continue to “welcome” attacks in Israel.
On Wednesday, Hamas official Qazi Hamad accused Israeli forces of “deliberately killing” an al-Jazeera journalist, which the military has denied.
Since March 22, Israel has been the target of a series of attacks that have killed at least 18 people. Two of his attacks were carried out by Israeli Arabs, four of them by Palestinians, including three young men from Zen, whose Israeli military has stepped up operations in recent weeks.
Thirty Palestinians, including attackers, have been killed in clashes with the Israeli military in the aftermath of these anti-Israel attacks.
Meanwhile, 300 people have been injured in clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians at a mosque occupied by Israel since 1967 in the Palestinian territories of Jerusalem.
“Total coffee junkie. Tv ninja. Unapologetic problem solver. Beer expert.”