Videos circulating on social media dispute Israel's official stance that Al Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh was likely killed by Palestinian gunmen. Al Jazeera called the journalist's killing a 'blatant murder.' Read more:
,"There was no claim that the gunfire in the clip killed journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Rather, that Palestinian terrorists were firing indiscriminately, and that they identified shooting down someone that looked to them like a soldier ."
Speaking to the media from a hospital bed, producer Ali Al-Samudi said Israeli forces opened fire on the group"when we were right in front of them, as they saw and watched us, and are sure that we are journalists because we were, five, six, wearing press vests and helmets, and carrying cameras." "There were no civilians. There was no gun firing at the army. I mean, that at the site, there was no one but us journalists," he continued."We entered in a slow and smooth way, wearing the press vests and hats, on the basis of getting to them, and if they tell us to go ahead, go ahead, and if they said go back, go back.
In footage of the incident shared by Al Jazeera, Abu Akleh can be seen lying motionless on the ground. Next to her body is journalist Shatha Hanaysha, who stands helplessly paralyzed amid the sounds of gunshots and men screaming Abu Akleh's name off-camera.
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