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Israel's prime minister on Wednesday said no one would dictate our open-fire policies", appearing to reject US calls for Israel to review its rules of engagement following the shooting death of a prominent journalist. The State Department has said it will press Israel to review its policies after the death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in May. The US and Israel have separately concluded she was likely shot by an Israeli soldier by mistake during a gun-battle with Palestinians, despite video footage showing there were no militants or clashes in her immediate vicinity at the time. Prime Minister Yair Lapid, speaking at a naval base, expressed sorrow over her death but appeared to rule out any prosecutions or any changes to Israeli policies. I will not allow an IDF soldier that was protecting himself from terrorist fire to be prosecuted just to receive applause from abroad, he said, referring to the Israeli military. "No one will dictate our open-fire policies to us when

The Israeli military on Monday announced the long-awaited results of its investigation into the deadly shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, saying there was a high probability an Israeli soldier had mistakenly killed her during a raid in the occupied West Bank last May. It was the closest that Israel has come to accepting responsibility for the shooting. But in a report that seemed to raise as many questions as it sought to answer, the military revealed no new evidence to back its claim that the Palestinian-American journalist might have been killed by Palestinian gunmen during a battle with Israel troops and Palestinian gunmen. It also said that no one would be punished for the shooting. The conclusions were unlikely to put to rest an issue that has worsened what already were badly strained relations between Israel and the Palestinians. Both Palestinian officials and Abu Akleh's family accused the army of evading responsibility for her killing. Our family is not ..

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Abu Akleh, a prominent Palestinian-American reporter, was shot and killed on May 11 while covering an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin

Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American and a 25-year veteran of the satellite channel, was killed last Wednesday while covering an Israeli military raid in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank

The Palestinian Health Ministry said that Shireen Abu Aqla, a Jerusalem-based journalist for Al Jazeera, was hit in the head by live fire

PM Benjamin Netanyahu had said on July 27 that he wanted Al-Jazeera expelled amid tensions

Communications Minister Ayoob Kara said it supports terrorism, supports religious radicalisation

Al Jazeera's free-wheeling, pan-Arab approach has been a source of ire for Middle Eastern rulers

It's the flagship broadcaster for Qatar, which is in a stand-off with fellow Arab states

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