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Over 1,500 Egyptian journalists signed a statement condemning the Israeli assassination of Al-Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday. Calls were made for an international probe into Israeli war crimes against journalists in Palestine.
Abu Akleh, a veteran Palestinian journalist who has covered the occupation atrocities for many years. She was shot dead while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin on Wednesday. Abu Akleh’s fellow journalist Ali Al-Samudi was also injured in the incident.
“The Egyptian journalists express their strong condemnation of the full-fledged crime of the Zionist occupation forces, which resulted in the martyrdom of Palestinian journalist Sherine Abu Akleh and the injury of her fellow journalist Ali Al-Samudi while they were performing their duty covering the bloody raid into Jenin”, the statement read.
“The signatories affirmed their solidarity with their colleagues in Palestine against the crimes of the occupation enforced on them and the Palestinian people”, the statement added. The signatories sent their condolences to the family and colleagues of Abu Akleh and all the journalists in the occupied Palestinian territories.
On Wednesday, the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate condemned Abu Akleh’s “assassination by the Israeli occupation forces while performing her journalistic duties”.
In an official statement, the syndicate urged the international community and relevant international organisations to hold the Israeli state accountable for her death.
