Bi-agio Di-sagio

Israeli forces hours ago assassinated well-known Palestinian Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh during an invasion of Jenin.

Shireen was in full press gear, wearing a clearly marked PRESS jacket & helmet, and was shot in the exposed area just beneath her helmet by Israeli snipers on rooftops.

Shireen arrived in a vehicle with a number of other journalists, all in full PRESS gear, who made themselves known to the Israeli forces in the area. Shortly after they began filming, the journalists came under fire, confirmed by journalists at the scene who also came under fire to have come from the Israeli snipers.

After Shireen was hit, the other journalists couldn’t bring her to safety as Israeli forces kept shooting, despite the journalists, which I’ll stress again were all in CLEAR PRESS GEAR, shouting “PRESS!”.

Then, moments ago, Israeli forces also murdered a 17 year old Palestinian student in Ramallah with a shot to the heart.

Israel’s response will likely be:

1- Say she was killed by Palestinians  2- Say “it’s unclear what happened” when more eyewitnesses give their statements 3- Still blame her or Palestinians one way or another, while still denying they’ve done anything wrong

Reporters on-site who came under fire say that “it was very clear that all gunfire was coming from Israeli forces, with there being no civilians or resistance forces in the area”.

the funeral procession of assassinated palestinian-american reporter, shireen abu aqla, where occupying armed forces beat peaceful and unarmed mourners and church goers, raided the home of the deceased and her family, arrested children, and shot grenades at those who had gathered to lay her to rest