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Reuters
Reuters
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By Chris Gallagher

Al Jazeera reporter likely killed by unintentional gunfire from Israeli positions, U.S. says

FILE PHOTO: People light candles during a vigil in memory of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed during an Israeli raid, outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, May 16, 2022. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma/File Photo

Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was likely to have been killed by gunfire from Israeli positions but it was probably unintentional, the U.S. State Department said on Monday.

Independent investigators could not reach a definitive conclusion about the origin of the bullet that struck her, it said.

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