The preliminary investigation shows that Abu Akleh could have been killed by the terrorists’ sporadic and massive gunfire, or that during the fighting, one of the Israeli troops fired several bullets through a slit in the jeep he was in and while using a telescopic sight at a terrorist who was firing at the vehicle he was in.
An Israeli source said in response to the CNN investigation that he “strongly condemns the claim that the IDF shot the journalist on purpose. The investigation is full of inaccuracies and question marks regarding the reliability of some of the evidence presented in it. It is not possible to reach a firm conclusion before completing a thorough investigation.”
A government official said that Israel has called for a joint pathological investigation, “but the Palestinians are refusing, perhaps in order to hide the truth.”