Fresh row as Israel to conduct forensic tests on bullet that killed Shireen Abu Aqleh

Israel has said it will conduct forensic tests on the bullet that killed the Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh, a day after Palestinian officials handed over the evidence to a US security coordinator for examination on what they said was the condition that Israel would not be involved.

The testing will be carried out by Israeli investigators in the presence of US observers, the Israeli military spokesperson Brig-Gen Ran Kochav told Army Radio on Sunday.

Footage of Israeli police storming her funeral procession in Jerusalem, causing pallbearers to nearly drop her coffin, added to Palestinian and international outrage.

The PA previously rejected an Israeli offer to conduct a joint investigation under US supervision, saying it did not trust Israel and that its military had deliberately targeted Abu Aqleh.