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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Chris McGreal

Israel will not cooperate with FBI inquiry into killing of Palestinian American journalist

Yellow tape marks bullet holes on a tree and a portrait and flowers create a makeshift memorial, at the site where Shireen Abu Akleh was killed in the West Bank.
Yellow tape marks bullet holes on a tree and a portrait and flowers create a makeshift memorial, at the site where Shireen Abu Akleh was killed in the West Bank. Photograph: Majdi Mohammed/AP

Israel has said it will not cooperate with an FBI investigation into the killing of the Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by the Israeli army.

Israel’s defence minister, Benny Gantz, denounced the inquiry as “interference in Israel’s internal affairs” and said he “made it clear to the American representatives that we stand behind the IDF [Israel defence forces] soldiers, that we will not cooperate with any external investigation”.

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