Reporter Shireen Abu Akleh was wounded in the occupied West Bank as a result of gunfire by Israeli forces and died in the hospital where she was taken, Qatar-based Al Jazeera stated. Abu Akleh was shot in the head while she was reporting on the Israeli raid in Jenin, Palestine Ministry of Health confirmed. The reporter was reportedly wearing a press vest when she was shot.
During the conflict, Palestinian journalist Ali Samoudi was also shot in the back and injured, but his condition is reported to be stable. The Israeli army, on the other hand, announced that journalists may have been shot in the clash between soldiers and Palestinian gunmen and that an investigation was launched.
One of the leading names in Al Jazeera Arabic, Akleh has been following the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts for 15 years.