Al Jazeera reporter killed during Israeli raid in West Bank

A veteran Palestinian-American correspondent for Al Jazeera has been killed while covering a raid by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.

The Qatar-based network said Shireen Abu Aqla was shot “deliberately” and “in cold blood” by Israeli troops in Jenin. Her producer was also wounded.

Israel’s prime minister said it was “likely” they were shot by Palestinian gunmen during an exchange of fire.

But his military chief said it was not yet able to determine what happened.

The Palestinian president said he held the Israeli government fully responsible for what he described as a “crime of execution”.