Lapid objected to the “biased investigation of her death by the Palestinian Authority as well as the so-called ‘investigation’ by CNN,” according to an Israeli readout of the phone conversation. Lapid also emphasized that Israel will share the results of its own investigation into her death with the US, as is standard practice between the two countries. Israel has said it cannot yet definitively say whether Israeli troops or Palestinian gunmen fired the fatal shot and immediately rejected the finding that Abu Akleh was targeted. Abu Akleh was shot dead while covering clashes between soldiers and Palestinian gunmen during an IDF operation in the West Bank city of Jenin earlier this month. The CNN investigation, published on Thursday, suggested that the IDF fired at Abu Akleh on purpose.

Source: CNN May 28, 2022 13:09 UTC