Today the UN flag is lowered globally in solidarity with over 1,000 aid workers killed in past three years.
We lower our flags. We remember our friends and colleagues. We demand accountability for those who killed them.
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Thursday, August 20, 2026
Monday, May 11, 2026
FOUR YEAR AGO Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian Christian journalist, was assassinated by an Israeli sniper while covering the events taking place in the Jenin. Shireen was, and still is, an icon of the free Palestinian voice. May she rest in peace, and may her memory live forever. شيرين أبو عاقلة، شهيدة الحق.
Four years ago, the martyr of truth Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian Christian journalist, was assassinated by an Israeli sniper while covering the events taking place in the Jenin.
Shireen was, and still is, an icon of the free Palestinian voice.
May she rest in peace, and may her memory live forever. شيرين أبو عاقلة، شهيدة الحق.
https://x.com/PalCatholic/status/2053746402149200161
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Journalists are civilians under international humanitarian law.
Facilities and equipment utilized for reporting and disseminating news are also civilian structures.
They must be respected and protected.
Journalists are #NotATarget.
Shireen Abu Akleh’s family issued a public statement affirming that they “will not stop” pursuing “justice for Shireen through all available avenues,” to mark the fourth anniversary of her murder.
The family is “deeply disappointed by the lack of meaningful action from both the current and previous United States administrations.”
CPJ and Abu Akleh’s family demand the FBI provide transparency into its stalled investigation and bring those responsible to justice.
Read the statement: cpj.org/?p=587113
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| A vigil organized for slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh outside the Washington, D.C., offices of Al Jazeera English on August 18, 2022. (Photo: Chris Sheridan/Al Jazeera English) |
May 7, 2026
To mark the upcoming fourth anniversary of the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, on May 11, 2026, the Abu Akleh family issued a public statement affirming that they “will not stop” pursuing “justice for Shireen through all available avenues.”
Abu Akleh was murdered while covering an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) operation in the West Bank town of Jenin on May 11, 2022, despite wearing a clearly marked “Press” vest. Her killing is part of a wider pattern of journalist deaths by Israeli military fire in which no one has been held accountable.
Read the statement below:
Four years have passed since the Israeli killing of our beloved Shireen Abu Akleh, a dedicated journalist, a fearless truth-teller, and a voice for the voiceless. Yet, despite the passage of time, justice remains elusive.
Shireen was a Palestinian-American journalist who was deliberately targeted by an Israeli sniper while carrying out her professional duty, wearing a press vest, clearly identified as a journalist. Her killing was not only a tragic loss for our family, but also a grave attack on press freedom and the fundamental right to report the truth.
Over the past four years, we have witnessed a persistent failure to hold those responsible accountable. No one has been brought to justice, neither for her killing nor for the attack on her funeral. This ongoing impunity sends a dangerous message that journalists can be targeted without consequence.
We have seen that pattern repeated in Gaza and Lebanon for more than two years now. At least 260 journalists and media workers have been killed by Israel’s military since 2023.
We are deeply disappointed by the lack of meaningful action from both the current and previous United States administrations. Shireen was a U.S. citizen and the government has so far failed to act on behalf of its own citizens. That status should have triggered a clear, forceful obligation from the U.S. government to pursue accountability with the same urgency it would for any American killed abroad. The lack of progress in the FBI investigation into Shireen’s killing further demonstrates the government’s failure to deliver justice.
Despite repeated calls for accountability and transparency, concrete measures have not been taken to ensure justice for Shireen. This lack of support has only compounded our pain and strengthened the culture of impunity.
Accountability is not only about justice for Shireen; it is about protecting journalists everywhere. Without accountability, the targeting of journalists will continue, and the truth itself will remain under threat.
As a family, we reaffirm today what we have said from the very beginning: “we will not stop”. We will continue to pursue justice for Shireen through all available avenues, until those responsible are held accountable.
Shireen’s voice echoes through us as we resolve, again, to remember and carry forth her spirit and legacy, and to make our ceaseless demand for justice.
Justice for Shireen is justice for all.
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Thursday, April 23, 2026
"It’s no accident, Israel murdered her. From Shireen to Amal, the press vest is a target for Israel." Assal Rad
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| Lebanon 2026: Rescuers trying to help Amal Khalil were reportedly blocked from getting to her by an Israeli sound grenade. |
Palestine May 2022, Israeli soldiers shot and killed 51-year-old Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
It’s no accident, Israel murdered her. From Shireen to Amal, the press vest is a target for Israel.
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May 11, 2022: Palestinian American Arab Christian Journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, was assassinated by Israeli sniper fire while she was documenting and exposing Zionist violence & Israeli crimes
"Remember this was the Israeli military's first response after murdering Shireen Abu Akleh in broad daylight, repeatedly lying about it and then getting away with it. Doing Journalism was [IS] enough to get you killed by Israel." Yousef Munayyer
Israel’s military “prevented the completion of the humanitarian mission by firing a sound grenade and live ammunition at the ambulance”... Journalist Amal Khalil had been buried in rubble after an Israeli strike that also injured another journalist, Zeinab Faraj. In total Israeli strikes killed five people on Wednesday, including Khalil, despite the ongoing ceasefire. Lebanon’s prime minister Nawaf Salam said the targeting of journalists and the obstruction of relief efforts constituted “war crimes”.
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| Rescuers trying to help Amal Khalil were reportedly blocked from getting to her by an Israeli sound grenade. Photograph: Mohammed Zaatari/AP |
Israeli strike kills journalist after ongoing attacks blocked rescuers, Lebanon says
Amal Khalil had been buried in rubble after an Israeli strike that also injured another journalist, Zeinab Faraj
Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed a journalist on Wednesday after rescuers were blocked from accessing the building where she was buried under rubble because of further Israeli fire, according to several witnesses.
Amal Khalil was covering developments near the town of al-Tayri with the photographer Zeinab Faraj when an Israeli strike hit the vehicle in front of them.
They ran into a nearby house, which was then also targeted by an Israeli strike, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. Rescuers were able to retrieve Faraj, who had a head wound, according to Elsy Moufarrej, who runs the Union of Journalists in Lebanon.
When they returned to help Khalil, a sound grenade blocked their access to the damaged building, according to Lebanon’s health ministry, a senior Lebanese military official and press advocates.
The health ministry said Israel’s military “prevented the completion of the humanitarian mission by firing a sound grenade and live ammunition at the ambulance”.
She was later found dead by civil defence, who pulled her corpse from under the rubble.
In total Israeli strikes killed five people on Wednesday, including Khalil, despite the ongoing ceasefire.
Lebanon’s prime minister Nawaf Salam said the targeting of journalists and the obstruction of relief efforts constituted “war crimes”... READ MORE https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/lebanon-accuses-israel-of-blocking-attempt-to-rescue-journalist-after-bomb-strike