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L'Orient-Le Jour
09-05-2025
- Politics
- L'Orient-Le Jour
Documentary identifies Israeli soldier allegedly responsible for killing journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022
A new documentary, released Thursday by Zeteo, an independent American media outlet, claims to have identified the Israeli soldier who allegedly shot al-Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh in May 2022 in the occupied West Bank, where she was killed while reporting in Jenin. Abu Akleh was a Palestinian-American journalist who had worked for al-Jazeera since 1997, according to the Qatari channel. Initially blaming Palestinian fighters for the shooting, the Israeli army later acknowledged a 'high probability' that its forces had 'accidentally' killed the journalist. Zeteo, based in Washington, was founded by journalist Mehdi Hassan. It is dedicated, according to its website, to in-depth investigative journalism without corporate funding or sponsors, relying on contributions from its subscribers to finance its projects. 'It wasn't a problem for him' According to the outlet, the soldier accused of killing the journalist was Alan Scagio, a sniper from the Israeli army's Duvdevan unit, who was killed in June 2024 by an improvised roadside bomb in Jenin. In the film, a friend claimed that the shooter 'was not tormented' by the death of Abu Akleh. 'It wasn't a problem for him, but he was not proud of it either,' the friend stated, while also noting that since then, the Duvdevan unit 'uses the journalist's image as a target during shooting exercises.' According to the investigators who made the documentary, the soldier was subsequently transferred to another unit, to a command position, 'to distance him from the investigation' into the shooting. The documentary also pointed out that the Biden administration, based on numerous testimonies, 'knew or suspected' that the journalist was killed by an Israeli soldier, but continued to support Israeli versions citing Palestinian fighters' involvement, then accidental shooting. Washington reportedly also 'refused to put pressure' on Israel over this matter, 'to avoid angering the Israeli government.' Impunity This American stance and the impunity following the murder of Abu Akleh allegedly 'contributed to the deaths of other Americans and other civilians,' according to U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, interviewed in the documentary. The journalist's death occurred during a period of escalating Israeli raids in the West Bank in 2022, which resulted in dozens of deaths. Since then, and amid a violent Israeli offensive on Gaza, violence has increased in the West Bank, where Israel launched a broad operation last January, displacing tens of thousands of Palestinians, notably from the Jenin camp. Already, since the start of the war on Oct. 7, 2023, triggered by the bloody attack by the Hamas movement against Israel, the West Bank has been plagued by violence. Since that date, at least 925 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers or settlers, according to figures from the Palestinian Health Ministry. At the same time, at least 33 Israelis, including soldiers, have been killed in the West Bank in Palestinian attacks or during military operations, according to official Israeli data.
Middle East Eye
18-04-2025
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
Israeli forces raid several areas in occupied West Bank
The Israeli army has carried out raids across the occupied West Bank on Friday. According to al-Jazeera, two Palestinians were arrested in the mountain areas north of Nablus, where clashes have broken out between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters in the town of Abwein, near Ramallah.
Middle East Eye
14-04-2025
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
Three Palestinians killed in Gaza's Tuffah neighbourhood
At least three Palestinians were killed and several others wounded after an Israeli shelling in Gaza's Tuffah neighbourhood situated in the north of the enclave, al-Jazeera reported. More casualties are being claimed by Israeli forces as they advance in areas in southern Gaza. In a separate incident, al-Jazeera has reported that several people have been wounded in Israeli bombings on the al-Mawasi area in Khan Younis, and another two were injured in Rafah after an Israeli attack.
Middle East Eye
14-04-2025
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
Israel releases nine Palestinian prisoners
Nine Palestinian prisoners who were released from Israeli military prisons have arrived on Monday at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza's Deir el-Balah. The prisoners were handed over by Israeli authorities to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), according to al-Jazeera. Since 7 October, thousands of Palestinians have been arbitrarily arrested from Gaza and many are held under arrest without charges.
Al Taghyeer
20-03-2025
- Health
- Al Taghyeer
Dozens killed in RSF attack on villages east of al-Fashir
Sudan's RSF attacks on villages east of al-Fashir have resulted in death of 18 and injury of 25 people including women and children, said Director General of the Health Service in the State. Al-Fashir: Altaghyeer Dozens of civilians were killed as a result of attacks by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) against ten villages east of al-Fashir, capital of North Darfur State, during the past few days, the government there announced. The attacks have resulted in death of 18 and injury of some 25 people including women and children, said Director General of the Health Service in the State. Ibrahim Khatir told al-Jazeera net that most of the injuries are fatal due to heavy shelling of populated areas. Meanwhile, the RSF continued on Tuesday shelling of Zamzam Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp, south of al-Fashir, threatening exasperation of the humanitarian situation in the camp, which hosts thousands of families. For months, al-Fashir has been witnessing escalating RSF military operations in a bid to take over the only state in Darfur's five, still under the Sudanese Armed Forces control.
