Israeli military. File photoWASHINGTON, Aug 17 The US administration, in contact with Israeli representatives, is demanding that the latter reconsider its tactics for conducting military operations in the West Bank after the death of Al-Jazeera journalist Shirin Abu Akle, who had US citizenship, Axios reports on Wednesday. Abu Akle was fatally shot in the head while covering an Israeli military raid on a Palestinian refugee camp in Jenin on the West Bank of the Jordan. Subsequently, her death was confirmed by the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Israel put forward the version that the reporter could have come under fire from Palestinian militants, but a colleague who was with her at the time of her death said that there were no shootings there. U.S. Secretary of Defense Anthony Blinken called Defense Secretary Benny Gantz and demanded that the final findings of the investigation into the death of the journalist be released as soon as possible. — informs Axios. As follows from the publication, Blinken told Gantz that, in his opinion, either the rules of engagement that day were not observed by Israel at all, or they «need to be revised.» The Secretary of State pointed out in a conversation that the deceased reporter was wearing a bulletproof vest, which indicated her affiliation with the press. In turn, the head of the Israeli Defense Ministry told the US Secretary of State that the situation during combat operations «is not always unambiguous,» the portal reports. .
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