US-Palestinian journalist killed in Israeli army West Bank raid - in pictures
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Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who has been killed while covering an Israeli raid in the West Bank town of Jenin. AP -
People gather at the Al Jazeera offices in the West Bank city of Ramallah following the killing of the veteran journalist. AFP -
Palestinians carry Abu Akleh's body at her funeral in the West Bank city of Nablus. EPA -
The Palestinian-American journalist was shot dead while covering the raid in Jenin, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed. EPA -
Relatives and friends gather in mourning at the family home of Abu Akleh. AFP -
Abu Akleh, 51, was a prominent reporter for Al Jazeera’s Arabic language channel. Palestinian and Qatari officials, as well as Al Jazeera, blamed Israeli forces for her death. AFP -
Relatives and friends gather in mourning at the family home. A producer for Al Jazeera, Ali Al Samoudi, was wounded in the same incident but is in a stable condition. AFP -
People gather with Palestinian flags outside the family home of the deceased Al Jazeera journalist. AFP -
The Al Jazeera office in the West Bank city of Ramallah following the killing of Abu Akleh. AFP -
Palestinian journalists mourn near Abu Akleh's body. EPA -
Palestinian journalists including Al Jazeera's Ali Samoudi, sitting in a wheelchair after he was shot in his back, mourn near the body. EPA -
Videos circulating online showed Abu Akleh with blood streaming from her head after being shot. People can be seen scrambling to carry her to a car. She was declared dead by doctors at a hospital. EPA -
The Israeli military said its forces came under attack from heavy gunfire and explosives while operating in Jenin, and fired back. It said it was “investigating the event and looking into the possibility that the journalists were hit by the Palestinian gunmen”. Reuters -
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that based on the information they had already gathered, “there is a considerable chance that armed Palestinians, who fired wildly, were the ones who brought about the journalist’s unfortunate death”. EPA -
Palestinian journalists hold portraits of the Al Jazeera journalist. EPA -
Palestinian militants carry the body into the hospital morgue in Jenin. AP -
Journalists surround the body in mourning. AP -
A cameraman grieves at a hospital. Reuters -
Journalists escort the body at the hospital in Jenin. AFP -
An injured journalist is hugged by one of Abu Akleh's colleagues at the hospital. AP
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