Abu Aqleh, a veteran reporter who was well known throughout the Arab world, was fatally shot while covering an Israeli military raid on May 11 in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinians, along with Abu Aqleh’s colleagues who were with her at the time, say she was killed by Israeli fire. The Israeli military says she was caught in the crossfire of a battle with Palestinian gunmen and that it is impossible to determine which side killed her without analyzing the bullet. The Palestinians refused to hand over the bullet to Israel, saying they did not trust them. The Palestinian attorney general, Akram al-Khatib, said on Saturday that the bullet was given to US experts “for technical work”. He reiterated the Palestinians’ refusal to share the bullet with the Israelis. Al-Khatib said the Palestinians welcome the involvement of any international bodies “to help us confirm the truth.” “We are confident and confident in our investigations and the results we have come up with,” he said. It was not immediately clear what American experts might discover without also studying the Israeli weapon that Israel says it could fire. There was no immediate word from Israel on whether the rifle would be shared. Subscribe to First Edition, our free daily newsletter – every morning at 7am. BST The Palestinian announcement comes a little more than a week before President Joe Biden’s visit to the region. A Palestinian official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was discussing a diplomatic matter, said the issue was raised in a phone call between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, and that both sides hoped to resolve the matter before since the Biden visit.
