Israeli gunfire likely killed reporter: US

Updated July 5 2022 - 1:46am, first published 1:43am
US officials say the bullet that killed Shireen Abu Akleh was damaged and its origin can't be known.
US officials say the bullet that killed Shireen Abu Akleh was damaged and its origin can't be known.

Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was likely killed by unintentional gunfire from Israeli positions but independent investigators could not reach a definitive conclusion about the origin of the bullet that struck her, the US State Department says.

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