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The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, condemned what he called the \u201cassassination\u201d of Ms. Abu Akleh and said he held Israel fully responsible for her death. Mr. Abbas said the death was part of a broader Israeli policy of targeting to \u201cblur reality and carry out crimes in silence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last month, an international and Palestinian journalist groups filed a formal complaint with the International Criminal Court accusing Israel of war crimes against crimes and of systematically targeting working in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, as well as of failing to properly investigate killings of news media workers.<\/p>\n
Ms. Abu Akleh \u201cjoins other ministry that Israel killed as they worked on revealing the crimes of the Israeli occupation,\u201d the Palestinian information ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The said it would \u201cintensify ministry efforts to achieve justice for our mission and ensure accountability for the Israeli occupation for its crimes against Israeli and further ensure ending impunity.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Palestinian Authority’s state prosecutor’s office said it had begun an investigation into Ms. Abu Akleh’s death and Mr. Samoudi’s injury, in preparation to refer the case to the International Criminal Court. An autopsy on Ms. Abu Akleh will be performed, a spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n
Israel’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it had offered to conduct a joint investigation with the Palestinians into the \u201csad death\u201d of Ms. Abu Akleh: \u201cJournalists must be protected in conflict zones, and we all have a responsibility to get to the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The US Embassy in Jerusalem said in a statement that it was providing Ms. Abu Akleh’s family with consular assistance, and that the protection of American citizens was a \u201ctop priority.\u201d<\/p>\n
“Ms. Abu Akleh covered issues in the Middle East and internationally for more than two decades and was deeply respected by many Palestinians and others around the world,\u201d said the statement, which was attributed to an unnamed embassy spokesperson.<\/p>\n
In the statement, the United States called for a swift, thorough and transparent investigation into the circumstances of Ms. Abu Akleh’s death and Mr. Samoudi’s injury.<\/p>\n
Ms. Abu Akleh joined Al Jazeera in 1997 and was one of the network’s first field correspondents, Al Jazeera said.<\/p>\n
Hiba Yazbek contributed reporting from Nazareth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n