Shireen Abu Aqleh was an Al-Jazeera journalist who was shot dead on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, while she was reporting on a raid by Israeli security forces in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
Al-Jazeera said Abu Aqleh, 51, was shot “deliberately” and “in cold blood” by Israeli troops.
However, the Israeli military has denied that its forces targeted and killed journalists.
Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid described Abu Aqleh’s death as “sad” and said it had offered to carry out a joint investigation with the Palestinian Authority.
Prior to joining Al-Jazeera, Abu Aqleh worked for UNRWA, Voice of Palestine Radio, Amman Satellite Channel, the Miftah Foundation, and Monte Carlo Radio.
Abu Aqleh first studied architecture at the University of Science and Technology in Jordan, then later moved on to the written journalism, and holds a bachelor’s degree from Yarmouk University in Jordan.
Shireen Abu Aqleh family
Shireen Nasri Abu Aqleh, born in Jerusalem in 1971, was a Palestinian reporter with Al Jazeera Media Network.
Shireen Abu Aqleh religion
Shireen Abu Aqleh comes from a well-known Christian family in Bethlehem.