“They were shooting at journalists directly,” said an eyewitness to the shooting of journalist Shirin Abu Aqla at the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank. Nearly two weeks later, CNN found new video evidence and eyewitness evidence that the Israeli occupation forces had deliberately carried out the attack.
The American network “CNN” presented the results of the investigation to the occupying Israeli forces and they announced by email that they are investigating the killing of Abu Aqeel.
And on May 11, he and eight other witnesses told Cyanan that “Israeli forces shot him, and they believe that the shooting was intentional,” said journalist Shada Hanayesh, an eyewitness to the shooting.
For his part, Rob Meyer, a forensic analyst, noted that the shooting heard at the beginning of one of the videos was “the key,” adding that “two voices are heard and time between them shows how people The guns are farther away, indicating a distance of 177 to 197 meters.
In the case of Chris Cobb Smith, a military analyst, he confirmed to CNN that “the nearby tree where Abu Aqeel was killed is also conclusive evidence and the bullet holes in the tree have been identified with tape,” adding that “the nature of the attack proves “Slowly, the shooting was not accidental, it was targeted.”
He continued: “There was no possibility that the indiscriminate firing would result in the firing of 3 or 4 bullets in a narrow group from a distance of 200 meters.”
Based on this analysis, CNN searched for possible culprits in the surrounding area. Less than 3 minutes before the shooting at Abu Aqeel, an Israeli military truck was spotted 200 meters from the same road. The number 1 appears next to it.
The same truck can be seen from another angle in the videos uploaded to the Telegram with the presence of armed soldiers. Several eyewitnesses said they were shot by a sniper from an Israeli truck window.
Camera footage of Israeli soldiers’ uniforms shared from the operation that morning also shows the same military vehicles lined up down the street in the direction of Abu Kala. CNN placed the images in a specific location, according to an estimated distance in Meyer’s audio analysis, and this was confirmed by an interim report by the occupying Israeli army.
The occupying army insists it is not deliberately targeting non-combatants and claims that Abu Aqeel may have been killed by Palestinian gunmen.
According to Hanayesh, he confirmed that there were no Palestinian gunmen in the area at the time and stressed that “I definitely do not agree with the presence of any Palestinian man carrying his gun. As a human being and as a “Reporter, I will do this. Do not put myself in a dangerous situation.”
Some videos seem to support Hanaysha’s account. According to verified video evidence uploaded on the morning of May 11, the nearest place where the Cyanide found the gunmen was beyond the Israeli occupation forces, without a clear line of fire in Abu Aqeel and with a victory. Over a throwing distance of 200 meters.
In fact, the film of Abu Aqla’s last moments shows that there was no clash or exchange of fire on that street.
According to CNN, this makes Israeli army vehicles the closest place and the most likely source of fire.
Source: Lebanon Debate
