Shireen Abu Aqleh was killed covering an Israeli raid
A Palestinian journalist who reported on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict becomes its latest casualty
LIKE SO MUCH of her life, Shireen Abu Aqleh’s final moments were captured in the stark style of news footage. Seven shots ring out. The cameraman creeps around to show a woman, clad in a flak jacket labelled “ PRESS”, lying prone in the dirt. A young man tries to help her, only to retreat after another shot. When he finally manages to lift her limp body, it is clear she is beyond help: one of the most recognisable faces in Arab media has been reduced to a bloody pulp.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “A death in Jenin”
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