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Amid Israel denial, many recall Israeli response to killing of Abu Akleh

Many observers have highlighted parallels between Israel’s denial of the bombing of the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza and its response to the killing Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh last year.

After Israeli forces fatally shot Abu Akleh in May 2022, Israeli officials denied involvement in the incident and tried to blame it on armed Palestinians.

The office of then-Prime Minister Naftali Bennett released a video showing a Palestinian firing a weapon down an alleyway, claiming that the footage backed their theory.

“According to the information we have gathered, it appears likely that armed Palestinians — who were firing indiscriminately at the time — w...