Blinken urges Israel to conclude probe into Abu Akleh’s killing

A Palestinian woman takes pictures at the scene where Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli forces in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank [File: Raneen Sawafta/Reuters]

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid that “investigations” must be completed into the death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, the State Department said.

In a statement on Friday describing talks with the Israeli foreign minister, the State Department said Blinken “underscored the importance of concluding the investigations into the death” of Abu Akleh, who held United States citizenship.