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Ali Harb

‘Upsetting’: Shireen Abu Akleh family rejects Israel’s ‘sorry’

'From the moment that Shireen was killed, the Israeli government and the military have lied and distorted the truth,' Lina Abu Akleh says [File: Hosam Salem/Al Jazeera]

Washington, DC – The family of Shireen Abu Akleh has rebuked Israel for saying it is “sorry” for the Al Jazeera reporter’s death without providing accountability or even acknowledging that its forces killed her.

Speaking outside the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, on Thursday, Abu Akleh’s niece, Lina Abu Akleh, said the Israeli statement does not amount to an apology.

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