The Palestinian Authority on Thursday rejected an Israeli request to examine the bullet that killed an Al Jazeera reporter during an Israeli raid in the West Bank a day earlier, as Israel said it is investigating an incident in which Israeli fire could have been responsible for her death.
The killing Wednesday of 51-year-old Palestinian-American Shireen Abu Akleh, a journalist noted for her coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has prompted calls from the U.S., the European Union and the United Nations for an immediate investigation. She was killed Wednesday as Israelis conducted a raid in the West Bank city of Jenin, which has been the center of Israeli incursions since a wave of violence began in late March that has left at least 18 Israelis and at least 30 Palestinians dead, according to Israeli and Palestinian health officials.
