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Linah Alsaafin

Abu Akleh killing: 100 days on, family still fighting for justice

People light candles during a vigil in memory of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot and killed by Israeli forces, outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, May 16 [Mussa Qawasma/Reuters]

Justice remains elusive for veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, shot and killed by Israeli forces 100 days ago, as her family continues to call on the United States government to step up and conduct an independent investigation.

Abu Akleh, a Palestinian American reporter who was well known across the Arab world for her 25-year coverage of the Israeli occupation, was fatally shot in the head by an Israeli sniper on May 11 while covering an Israeli raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.

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