Israel’s Military Says Its Soldier Likely Killed Al Jazeera Reporter in Error

TEL AVIV – An Israeli soldier may have accidentally shot and killed Palestinian-American Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh in May, the Israeli military said on Monday after being pressured by the US to share the results of its investigation into her murder publish.

The death of Ms. Abu Akleh, a household name in the Arab world for her coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, sparked a storm of criticism of the Israeli military and calls for accountability. Israeli officials had initially said they could not determine who killed Ms Abu Akleh after a routine arrest operation in a crowded area of ​​the West Bank city of Jenin turned into a frenetic urban scuffle with Palestinians.