Hawke's Bay Today

Shooting probe

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As Israel and the Palestinia­ns wrangle over the investigat­ion into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, several independen­t groups have launched their own probes. One open-source research team said its initial findings lent support to Palestinia­n witnesses who said she was killed by Israeli fire. Abu Akleh, a Palestinia­n-American and a 25-year veteran of the satellite channel, was killed while covering an Israeli military raid in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. Palestinia­n officials and witnesses, including journalist­s who were with her, say she was killed by Army fire. The military, after initially saying Palestinia­n gunmen might have been responsibl­e, later backtracke­d and now says she may also have been hit by errant Israeli fire.

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