The Qatar-based channel said Israeli forces 'assassinated' Abu | GLOBAL NEWS NEXUS

The Qatar-based channel said Israeli forces "assassinated" Abu Aqleh deliberately and "in cold blood" while she was covering unrest in the Jenin refugee camp.

Another Al-Jazeera journalist, producer Ali al-Samudi, was wounded in the incident, the broadcaster added.

An Agence France-Presse (AFP) photographer who was at site said Aqleh was wearing a press flak jacket when she was shot. The photographer reported that Israeli forces were firing in the area and then saw Abu Aqleh's body lying on the ground. "There were no Palestinian gunmen visible in the area when Abu Aqleh was killed" the AFP photographer added.

The IDF said there was an exchange of fire between suspects and security forces and that it was "investigating the event and looking into the possibility that journalists were hit by the Palestinian gunmen".

"The (army) of course does not aim at journalists," a military official told AFP.

An investigation has said to been launched by the Israeli side to investigate the killing while the journo gets her final farewell.

May her soul rest in peace .