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Zena Al Tahhan

Shireen Abu Akleh: Palestinians bid farewell to slain journalist

Shireen Abu Akleh was killed while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin [Al Jazeera via AP Photo]

Occupied East Jerusalem – Israeli forces forcibly prevented a funeral march for Shireen Abu Akleh, the Al Jazeera journalist who was killed by Israeli forces this week while reporting in the occupied West Bank, by attacking mourners carrying her casket outside of a hospital in her hometown of Jerusalem.

Israeli forces hit mourners holding the casket with batons, almost causing it to drop, before eventually allowing it to be moved in a hearse.

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