Israeli troops killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Wednesday after being shot in the head while covering Israel raids in the city of Jenin.
She was hit by a live bullet while covering Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank.
Despite wearing the bullet proof helmet and jacket marked with the word PRESS, she was shot near her ear where the helmet wouldn't cover, his colleagues said.
In a statement, Al Jazeera Media Network condemned the “blatant murder” that violates “international laws and norms”, and called Abu Akleh’s death a “heinous crime, through which it is intended to prevent the media from fulfilling its message”.
The killing comes just days after the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) and the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians filed a formal complaint with the International Criminal Court alleging “systematic targeting of Palestinian journalists”.
Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, was born in Jerusalem. She began working for Al Jazeera in 1997 and regularly reported from across the occupied Palestinian territory.