“All the information we have collected (…) corroborate the fact that the shots came from Israeli security forces,” said a spokesperson. Investigations of Palestinian justice and media had reached the same conclusion.
Le Monde with AFP
The Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed on May 11 by a shot from the Israeli Defense Forces, concluded the High Commission for the United Nations (UN) Human Rights ( Announced, Friday, June 24, a spokesperson, Shamdasani ravina.
“All the information we have collected – including the Israeli army and the Palestinian prosecutor – corroborate the fact that the shots that killed M me Abu Akle and injured his colleague Ali Sammoudi came from the Israeli security forces and not from indiscriminate shots of armed Palestinians, as the Israeli authorities initially claimed, “said M shamdasani, during a press briefing in Geneva.
“We have not found any information suggesting that there has been any activity of armed Palestinians near journalists,” she insisted, believing that it was “deeply disturbing that the Israeli authorities n ‘did not open a judicial inquiry “.
The American-Palestinian journalist, star of the Al-Jazira chain, was carrying a bulletproof jacket on which the word “press” was written and a protection helmet when it was affected by a just bullet under the Cup of his helmet.
Several surveys, carried out by the Palestinian chief prosecutor or the American channel CNN, had also concluded that M Me Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli fire.