Palestinian Authority rejects Israeli appeal for joint probe into journalist’s death, minister says

Palestinian Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh said Thursday that the Palestinian Authority had refused Israel’s request for a joint investigation into the death of Palestinian journalist Sheerin Abu-Akleh in Jenin.

“Israel has requested a joint investigation, we refused that,” al-Sheikh wrote on Twitter, adding that the Palestinian Authority “affirmed that our investigation would be completed independently.” Al-Sheikh also said the authority refused to hand over the bullet that killed the Al Jazeera journalist.

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