A journalist has been killed and another injured while covering a raid by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank
Palestinian reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, who worked for Al Jazeera, was shot in the head in the town of Jenin early on Wednesday and died soon afterwards.Al Jazeera accused Israel of "deliberately targeting and killing our colleague".
Ms Abu Akleh, who was also a US citizen, was a respected and well-known face in the Middle East. Her death reverberated across the region and on social media.Palestinian cameraman Mujahed al-Saadi, of Palestine Today TV, weeps as he escorts the body of Shireen Abu Akleh with other journalists.She was hit by a bullet on the outskirts of the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank.
However, the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem released its own video casting doubt on those claims. He said there were no militants or other civilians in the area - only the reporters and the army, adding the military's suggestion they were shot by militants was a "complete lie".
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