Several months after the Palestinian-American reporter Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed when she was caught in the crossfire between IDF troops and terrorists, i24NEWS reported Sunday that the findings of the IDF internal investigation will likely be released in the coming days, amid US pressure to share the whole gamut of evidence that may have been obtained in the wake of the incident, which Israel said was caused by terrorists who fired in her direction.
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The Al-Jazeera journalist was shot while reporting on the IDF raid in the Jenin area, although it is unclear who shot her. A US ballistics analysis based on the Israeli and Palestinian inquiries was inconclusive because the bullet extracted from her body had been too damaged.
But despite not blaming either side, US forensics officials said aid it was more likely that the bullet came from an IDF soldier who had mistakenly fired in her direction during the chaotic moments when the IDF was battling terrorists.
The decision to publish the final IDF report "follows pressure from the administration of US President Joe Biden and after the visit of Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf to Israel over the weekend," i24NEWS reported.
The Palestinians accused Israel in late May of "deliberate murder."
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