According to the American Media Politico, the FBI has opened an investigation into the death of it. Israeli Minister of Israeli Defense Benny Gantz described as “error” the decision of the “US Ministry of Justice”.
Le Monde with AFP
Israel did not wait for the FBI confirmation to react. While according to the American media politico, American federal police investigate the death of the American-Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during an Israeli army operation on May 11, the Minister of Israeli Defense, Benny Gantz, Qualified Monday, November 14, this investigation of “error”.
The FBI refused to confirm or deny the existence of this unusual investigation in view of the relations between the two countries. She was undertaken after the Israeli army refused to initiate prosecution against the soldier accused of having killed him.
“The decision taken by the American Ministry of Justice to conduct an investigation into the tragic death of Shireen Abu Akleh is a mistake,” wrote Benny Gantz in a tweet, adding that the Israeli army would not cooperate .
The Israeli armed forces conducted an “independent and professionalism” investigation, and shared the details with US officials, he said.
“We will not allow any Interference “
“I sent the message to American representatives that we were going alongside soldiers of the Israeli army and that we will not cooperate with an external investigation, and will not allow interference in internal surveys” , added the minister.
Equipped with a bulletproof vest with the mention “press” and a helmet, the star journalist of the al-Jazeera channel had been killed in the head as she covered a military raid Israeli in the Jénine refugee camp in the West Bank, Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967.
The Israeli army recognized for the first time in September that there was “a strong possibility” that the journalist was killed by one of her soldiers. The spokesperson for American diplomacy, Ned Price, had stressed at the time “the importance of determining the responsibilities in this case”, to prevent such a drama from being repeated.
But, a few days later, the Israeli Prime Minister then, Yaïr Lapid, said he was opposed to the soldier accused of having shot to be prosecuted.