“The death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a well-known correspondent for Al Jazeera, in the West Bank is shocked. Her killing Wednesday morning in Jenin is one of the most serious incidents in the area of the latest round of violence. This serious incident has the potential to encourage an escalation and that is why I share the call of the United Nations, the European Union and international partners for a thorough and impartial investigation to be conducted to clarify the facts and responsibilities. It is necessary to guarantee transparency in ascertaining facts and responsibilities, also through an international superpartes investigation, and to avoid the narrative of those who intend to exploit the death of Shireen Abu Akhleh ”.
This was declared by Senator Marinella Pacifico (Coraggio Italia, Mixed Group), Secretary of the Schengen, Europol and Immigration Parliamentary Committee, reaffirming that "journalists should never be a target and that correspondents and media operators - free and independent - who work in contexts of conflict, they play a crucial role in understanding these contexts and in promoting the inalienable human rights on which our society is founded. I express my deepest condolences to Shireen Abu Akleh's family, her friends and colleagues ”.