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Al Jazeera
National
Farah Najjar

The Palestinian flag: A target for ‘erasure’ by Israeli forces

Israeli forces attack mourners carrying the coffin of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed during an Israeli raid in Jenin in the occupied West Bank [Ammar Awad/Reuters]

Scenes of horror and chaos briefly overshadowed the funeral of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh when Israeli forces attacked mourners accompanying her coffin.

Dozens of Israeli police officers waded into the funeral procession beating, kicking and trying to prevent mourners from marching with the body of Abu Akleh, who was killed by Israeli gunfire on Wednesday, from a hospital in occupied East Jerusalem to a church service before her burial.

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