The Axios website reported that the US administration asked Israel to reconsider the tactics of its military operations in the West Bank after the killing of Palestinian journalist Shirin Abu Akle.
Shortly after meeting with the US-citizen Abu Akle’s family in Washington in July, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called Israeli Defense Secretary Benny Gantz to demand that the final results of the investigation into the journalist’s death be made public, Axios reports. publish as soon as possible. .
The website states: “He also demanded a review of the IDF’s rules of engagement in the West Bank, saying it would be a responsible step in the Abu Akila case.”
Blinken also told Gantz that he believed that either the rules of engagement that day were not followed by Israel at all or they “need to be revised”. In conversation, the Secretary of State indicated that the deceased journalist was wearing a bulletproof vest, which indicates her connection with the press.
In turn, the Israeli Defense Minister told the US Secretary of State that the situation during the hostilities “is not always clear.”
Source: RIA Novosti