The body of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh is carried on a stretcher at a hospital following an Israeli raid, in Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
JENIN, West Bank 鈥� An Al Jazeera reporter was killed by Israeli army gunfire in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the Qatar-based news channel said, but the military said she may have been shot by Palestinians as they clashed with its troops.
One Palestinian official said Shireen Abu Akleh had been 鈥渁ssassinated鈥� by Israeli forces while reporting on a raid in the city of Jenin, which has seen intensified army raids in recent weeks as violence has surged.
The Palestinian health ministry confirmed Abu Akleh鈥檚 death and said a second reporter, Ali Samodi, had been wounded.
In a statement, the military said its troops had shot back after coming under 鈥渕assive fire鈥� in Jenin and that 鈥渢here is a possibility, now being looked into, that reporters were hit 鈥� possibly by shoots fired by Palestinian gunmen鈥�.
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