New Details in the Murder of Journalist Shireen Abu-Akl The New York Times revealed new details in the murder of journalist Shireen Abu-Akl on the morning of Monday, October 27, 2025. She was shot and killed by Israeli forces in 2022. According to the Israeli newspaper Israel Today, a U.S. Army colonel stated that the official U.S. assessment of the 2022 killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu-Akl was "deliberately downplayed" to avoid a diplomatic dispute with Israel. The report added that some U.S. officials involved in reviewing the circumstances of the incident concluded that Abu-Akl's killing was intentional.