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Forensic analysis proves IOF deliberately killed Shireen Abu Akleh

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  • 19 May 2022 12:22
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A Forensic Analysis of the murder of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh reveals that she was intentionally killed by Israeli occupation forces.

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  • Israeli forces continued to shoot at anyone who tried to rescue the journalist
    Israeli forces continued to shoot at anyone who tried to rescue the journalist

Shireen Abu Akleh, famed Al Jazeera journalist and veteran reporter, was murdered on May 11 when Israeli occupation forces storming the Jenin refugee camp, north of the West Bank, shot her with a live bullet to the head as she was covering the events of the storming.

News of her murder by the IOF began to spread like wildfire, and the occupation attempted to raise doubt about their forces' responsibility for her murder.

Yousef Jamal Al-Rantisi, a forensic expert and manager of the Gaza Center for Human Rights, released a forensic analysis of the evidence related to Abu Akleh's murder, which concludes that she was deliberately shot and killed by Israeli occupation forces.

The Report

In relation to the death of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, the following evidence was examined and analyzed: 

  • Available images of the crime scene, 
  • The Autopsy Report of the victim that was issued by Palestinian Forensic Medicine, 
  • Witness reports, including from attending medical personnel, 
  • Location of the resistance fighters at the time of the killing, and  
  • All the possibilities and angles of the shooting of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

Autopsy Report

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The results of the initial forensic medicine report indicate that the direct cause of death was brain damage caused by a high-velocity bullet. The bullet penetrated the skull cavity causing an entry wound and then exited from the cavity, causing another wound. Following that, the bullet hit the internal side of the protective helmet, ricocheted, and lodged in the damaged tissues inside the skull. 

The bullet was extracted and referred to the forensic laboratory for detailed analysis and a technical report.

Crime Scene 

By analyzing the available photographs of the crime scene, it was found that the trajectory of the bullet that killed the journalist Shireen Abu Akleh could only have originated from where the Israeli forces raiding Jenin were positioned.

  • Forensic analysis proves IOF deliberately killed Shireen Abu Akleh
    Forensic analysis proves IOF deliberately killed Shireen Abu Akleh

Concerning the claim that the bullet may have been fired from the resistance fighters

After analyzing the location of where the resistance fighters were located and where the crime took place, it was found:

  • That it is impossible for the resistance fighters' bullets to reach the location where Shireen was.
  • The trajectory and angle of the bullet show it cannot have originated from where the resistance fighters were located.
  • The presence of fixed and high barriers prevents a clear and direct line of sight from where the resistance fighters were located,
  • Concrete buildings between the Palestinian resistance and the place where the Shireen Abu Akleh was killed, make it impossible for a bullet to penetrate these, then continue on to hit and kill the victim,
  • There were no other persons in the area, which was effectively under Israeli military control, that could have fired the fatal shot.

The effective lethal range of weapons that use 5.56 mm caliber ammunition is approximately 400 meters. From the analysis of the nature and severity of the victim’s injury, it is clear that the bullet was fired directly from medium range, and this is consistent with the distance between the victim and the Israeli force storming the Jenin camp, which is 150 meters. 

Criminal Intent 

From the analysis of the scene of the crime and the nature and site of the fatal shot, it is concluded that the crime was committed intentionally:

  • The site of injury in the victim’s body is between the protective jacket and the helmet, just below the ear, a sensitive position vulnerable only to an experienced sniper.
  • Israeli forces continued to shoot at anyone who tried to rescue her.
  • Ambulance personnel reported the presence of signs of shooting on the tree next to where the victim was killed, at chest/head height of the human body.

Conclusions

Analysis of i) the images received from the crime scene, ii) the respective locations of the victim, the Israeli forces and the Palestinian resistance fighters, iii) the shooting trajectory as revealed by the Autopsy Report and the crime scene, and iv) the Autopsy Report itself, it is concluded that: 

  1. Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was exposed to a single bullet that penetrated the head, with an entry and an exit, and the bullet returned to the head after exiting because it hit the inner layer of the helmet.
  2. The shooting was not random, but rather focused and precisely directed, and this is confirmed by the convergence of holes in the tree trunk that was next to the body of the victim, Shireen Abu Akleh.
  3. The perpetrator of the killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is without a doubt the Israeli army, given the trajectory of the bullet, the respective locations of the victim, the Israeli soldiers, and the Palestinian resistance, as well as the impossibility of the victim being hit by any other party in a space controlled by the Israeli occupation.

Recommendations

  1. The bullet extracted from the victim’s body must be examined and compared with the weapons involved in this crime.
  2. The identity of the shooter must be established,
  3. This procedure requires an international commission of inquiry with the power to force the Israeli occupation to hand over the weapons carried by its soldiers on the day of the crime in Jenin.

 

Yousef Jamal Al-Rantisi

Forensic Expert- Gaza Centre for Human Rights

Ph: +972 59 959 1925

Email: [email protected] May 2022

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