Shireen Abu Akleh: Icon of Palestinian coverage
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Shot dead in West Bank
Shireen Abu Akleh, a prominent Palestinian-American Al Jazeera reporter, was shot dead during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday. Abu Akleh was a highly respected journalist in the Middle East, and her unflinching coverage was known to millions of viewers.
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Household name
The 51-year-old journalist was a household name synonymous with Al Jazeera’s coverage of life under occupation. She reported for more than two decades in the Palestinian territories, including during the second intifada, or uprising, that killed thousands on both sides, most of them Palestinians.
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Witnesses blame Israeli gunfire
Al Jazeera and witnesses said she was killed by Israeli gunfire. In an Al Jazeera video captured in the moments around Abu Akleh's killing, gunfire can be heard in the first few seconds before a man yells "Shireen! Shireen!
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Was covering arrest operation
The veteran journalist was covering the latest arrest operation launched by the Israeli military amid deadly Arab attacks in Israel. Visits by Jewish pilgrims over the past weeks to Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, Islam's third holiest site and the most sacred place in Judaism, have stoked Palestinian anger.
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Israel says too early to say
Israel said it was unclear who was responsible. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said it appeared likely that Palestinians "firing indiscriminately" were responsible for Abu Akleh's death.
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Outpouring of grief
There was spontaneous outpouring of grief. Abu Akleh's name trended across Twitter in Arabic. Her image was projected over the main square in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Mourners flooded the Al Jazeera offices there and her family home in east Jerusalem.