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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Borzou Daragahi

Al Jazeera requests war crimes court probe into Israel’s alleged killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

AP

The state-owned Qatari news channel Al Jazeera has announced it is submitting the case of slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, six months after she was allegedly killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank.

In a statement, Al Jazeera said that new evidence and video footage “clearly show” the veteran Palestinian-American journalist was gunned down on 11 May by Israeli armed forces during a military operation on the West Bank town of Jenin.

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