Israel is not going to hold felony inquiry into killing of journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh | Israel

Israel won't launch a prison investigation into the killing of the US-Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh, which Palestinian officers and witnesses have blamed on Israeli soldiers.

In an announcement launched on Thursday, the Israel Protection Forces claimed that as a result of Abu Aqleh was killed in an “active fight situation”, a direct prison investigation would not be launched, although an “operational inquiry” would proceed.

In accordance with a report in the Haaretz newspaper, the Israeli military police department has accepted the assurances of Israeli troops that they weren't aware she was in a village adjacent to the Jenin refugee camp when she was killed on 11 Might.

The Biden administration and the UN safety council have called for a transparent investigation.

Abu Aqleh was a family title throughout the Arab world, known for documenting the hardship of Palestinian life under Israeli rule for Al Jazeera. Her killing received widespread worldwide coverage and prompted criticism from the White Home.

The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, promised her family that Washington would demand that her death be correctly investigated.

Abu Aqleh was killed throughout an arrest raid by an Israeli commando unit on Palestinian militants.

In line with Haaretz, the pinnacle of the Commando Brigade, Col Meni Liberty, identified six occasions during the raid when Israeli troopers opened hearth, allegedly at armed Palestinians who had been near Abu Aqleh and different journalists.

The Israeli army had beforehand released an account that said it could not unequivocally decide the supply of the bullet that killed Abu Aqleh. That account speculated that the bullet may have been fired by either a Palestinian militant or an Israeli soldier using a “telescopic scope” at 200 metres.

Palestinian officials have refused to provide the recovered bullet to Israeli authorities to analyse but said it welcomed worldwide investigations.

The decision by the Israeli navy advocate normal, Maj Gen Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, to not order an investigation by the navy police felony investigation division marks a departure from the vast majority of recent incidents involving IDF shootings of civilians within the occupied West Financial institution, which have been adopted by investigations.

At her funeral on Friday police beat mourners carrying her casket, prompting more criticism of Israeli authorities.

Last week the UN excessive commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, complained a couple of lack of Israeli accountability for deaths within the occupied territories.

Commenting on Abu Aqleh’s killing and the next violence at her funeral, Bachelet said: “As I have referred to as for many occasions earlier than, there must be appropriate investigations into the actions of Israeli security forces.

“Anybody discovered responsible needs to be held to account with penal and disciplinary sanctions commensurate to the gravity of the violation. This tradition of impunity must end now.”

The Israeli NGO Yesh Din criticised the decision not to examine, saying that “the military regulation enforcement mechanisms not even trouble to give the looks of investigating”.

More than 100 artists, together with Hollywood stars, acclaimed authors and distinguished musicians, have in the meantime signed a joint letter condemning Abu Aqleh’s killing.

Steve Coogan, Kathryn Hahn, Mark Ruffalo, Susan Sarandon and Tilda Swinton had been among the many signatories to a letter published by Artists for Palestine UK that known as for “full accountability for the perpetrators of this crime and everybody involved in authorising it”.

The Israel Defence Forces launched a press release on Thursday claiming that “dozens of Palestinian gunmen fired recklessly and indiscriminately while IDF troopers have been conducting counter-terrorism actions in the Jenin camp” on the day that Abu Aqleh died.

“An alternate of fireside occurred between Palestinian gunmen and the troopers. Toward the top of the activity, the journalist Shireen Abu [Aqleh], who was current at the battle zone in the course of the alternate of fire, was hit.

“Due to the nature of the lively fight scenario, an immediate [military criminal] investigation was not launched. A choice concerning the necessity of an … investigation can be determined by the army advocacy, in accordance with the findings of the still-ongoing operational inquiry, as is customary in such circumstances.”

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The police branch decision came a day after Israeli authorities stated they have given the go-ahead for flag-waving Jewish nationalists to march via the heart of the primary Palestinian thoroughfare in Jerusalem’s Previous Metropolis later this month, in a call that threatens to re-ignite violence in the holy metropolis.

The workplace of the public safety minister, Omer Barlev, mentioned the march would happen on 29 Could alongside its “customary route” through Damascus Gate, which is an Arab neighbourhood.

The Outdated Metropolis, positioned in East Jerusalem, has experienced weeks of violent confrontations between Israeli police and Palestinian demonstrators, and the march threatens to set off new unrest.