This source-led archive begins with the 2022 killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin. It separates what monitoring bodies found from what governments stated, and it does not convert a probable source of fire into an unproved finding about an individual’s criminal intent.
A case appears here only when reliable records establish individual criminal responsibility through a credible final process.
Documented cases without a final judgment establishing individual criminal responsibility.
The page distinguishes source attribution, evidentiary conclusions and criminal adjudication.
OHCHR, the United States, the Palestinian Authority and the IDF used different methods and language. Their conclusions are identified separately.
A finding that fire likely came from a position or force does not by itself prove an individual shooter’s identity, intent or criminal liability.
The imagery is symbolic and non-documentary. It does not recreate the shooting, invent evidence or depict a suspect.
The record supports a substantive account with primary statements from institutions that reached different conclusions.
The case file draws on the UN Human Rights Office’s monitoring, the Israeli military’s published review, the United States Security Coordinator’s assessment, established reporting and the Committee to Protect Journalists’ 2026 accountability update. It explains where those sources agree, where they differ and what remains unproved.
Future additions must have a distinct search purpose, a defensible connection to the State of Palestine, multiple reliable sources and a clearly stated procedural status. Page volume is never treated as a measure of crime or safety.
Direct answers on scope, evidence and current status.
Yes. This project follows the canonical set of 193 UN member states plus the Holy See and the State of Palestine. It does not count territories or dependencies toward the target.
The Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist was shot and killed on 11 May 2022 while reporting on an Israeli military operation in Jenin in the occupied West Bank. Journalist Ali al-Samoudi was also wounded.
No individual has been convicted or publicly charged for the fatal shooting. Official and independent reviews reached important findings about the likely source of fire, but accountability and the question of criminal responsibility remain unresolved.
After reviewing available material and visiting the scene, the Office said the shots that killed Abu Akleh and wounded Ali al-Samoudi came from Israeli Security Forces, and that it found no armed Palestinian activity in the journalists’ immediate vicinity.
The IDF said there was a high possibility that Abu Akleh was accidentally hit by IDF gunfire aimed at suspects during an exchange of fire, while stating that it could not determine the source unequivocally and found no suspicion of a criminal offence.
In May 2026, the Committee to Protect Journalists reported that the publicly reported FBI investigation appeared stalled and that no demonstrable progress toward accountability had been disclosed.
