"A former United States colonel who worked on a team that compiled a report on the Israeli military's killing of Al Jazeera journalist and US citizen Shireen Abu Akleh has accused the administration of former US President Joe Biden of softening its findings in favour of Israel. The statements from Colonel Steve Gabavics in an interview with the New York Times published on Monday represent the first time any military official involved in the report has spoken publicly."
"The official, who left the government in January, recounted being flabbergasted by a State Department statement that described Abu Akleh's May 11, 2022, killing as the result of tragic circumstances. The statement, the only official assessment of the killing to date by the US government, added that US officials found no reason to believe that this was intentional. At the time Abu Akleh was fatally shot in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank,"
A former United States colonel involved in compiling a report on the killing of Al Jazeera journalist and US citizen Shireen Abu Akleh accused the Biden administration of softening findings in favour of Israel. The State Department characterized the May 11, 2022 killing as the result of tragic circumstances and stated US officials found no reason to believe the shooting was intentional. The inter-agency Office of the United States Security Coordinator, led by Lieutenant General Michael R Fenzel, compiled the report using Israeli and Palestinian investigations, site visits, and a ballistic analysis. The US has not released its own public investigation.
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