Al Jazeera Journalist Was Likely Mistakenly Killed by Israeli Gunfire Per Israeli Military Investigation

EXCERPT:

GOLD: "Yeah, Erica, this has been a highly anticipated report since it’s been nearly four months since Shireen Abu Akleh, who was also an American citizen, was killed while covering the Israeli military raid in Jenin in May. Now, according to this report, the IDF says that it's most likely that she was killed by Israeli fire, although they’re still leaving the possibility, they say, that it could have been other gunfire, but they are admitting that it was most likely Israeli gunfire. This is the same conclusion that multiple media organizations, including CNN, as well as the United States, have come to after their own investigation. Now, the IDF says the soldiers were most likely in an armored military vehicle south of where Shireen and her other journalist colleagues were standing and that the soldiers did not identify Shireen and her colleagues as journalists. This is despite the fact that Shireen was wearing a helmet and a protective vest that said 'Press' on both the front and the back of her vest, but the Israeli military is saying that for certain, the soldiers did not know that they were shooting at journalists and thought that they were shooting at Palestinian militants. The IDF is saying that the soldier regrets what happened and this was not supposed to happen and it should not happen, that he did not do so on purpose. Now, it's important to know that there will also be no criminal prosecution.”

(Via Mediaite)