US says Israeli military gunfire 'likely responsible' for Shireen Abu Akleh's death but examination of bullet inconclusive
CNN
An examination of the bullet that killed Al Jazeera correspondent and Palestinian-American citizen Shireen Abu Akleh "could not reach a definitive conclusion" regarding its origin, due to the condition of the bullet, but the US Security Coordinator has "concluded that gunfire from [Israel Defense Forces] positions was likely responsible" for her death, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement Monday.
The US Security Coordinator, according to the statement, "concluded that gunfire from IDF (Israel Defense Forces) positions was likely responsible for the death of Shireen Abu Akleh." That conclusion came "by summarizing both" the IDF and Palestinian Authority (PA) investigations -- probes to which the US Security Coordinator was granted "full access" over the past several weeks, Price said.
The US Security Coordinator -- who leads an inter-agency team that coordinates with the Israeli government and the PA -- "found no reason to believe that this was intentional but rather the result of tragic circumstances during an IDF-led military operation against factions of Palestinian Islamic Jihad on May 11, 2022, in Jenin, which followed a series of terrorist attacks in Israel," Price said.