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‘US-backed Israeli whitewash’: Abu Akleh probe sparks anger

Abu Akleh, a veteran Al Jazeera journalist, was killed on May 11 while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank [File: Majdi Mohammed/AP Photo]

Palestinian officials, human rights advocates, and the family of Shireen Abu Akleh have reacted with anger and condemnation to a report announced by the US State Department that failed to conclusively find that the Al Jazeera journalist was killed by deliberate Israeli gunfire.

On Monday, the US State Department said a report by independent investigators had found that Abu Akleh was likely killed by “unintentional” gunfire from Israeli positions, but could not reach a definitive conclusion about the origin of the bullet that struck her.

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