Al Jazeera reporter killed: 'Independant investigation' is necessary, says Reporters Without Borders Veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American who was among the network's most prominent figures, was shot dead Wednesday as she covered an Israeli army raid in the occupied West Bank. Pauline Ades-Mevel, Reporters Without Borders's spokeperson, says that an "independant investigation is necessary to avoid impunity".