State Department spokesman says examination was carried out by two members of the USSC team which liaises with the Palestinian Authority on security assistance, says U.S. stops short of recommending that Israel launch a criminal case.

The State Department said Monday that the prominent Al-Jazeera journalist was likely shot from an Israeli position as she covered an operation in the West Bank on May 11 but that there was no evidence the killing was intentional and that the bullet was too damaged for a conclusive finding.

The Palestinian Authority had reluctantly handed over the bullet to the United States and said it was not giving it to Israel, fearing a whitewash. State Department spokesman Ned Price insisted that the examination was carried out by two members on the team of the US Security Coordinator (USSC), which liaises with the Palestinian Authority on security assistance.

As reported by Ynet
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