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Shireen Abu Akleh's last report to commemorate Nakba aired by Al Jazeera days after murder

Abu Akleh last work, filmed two days before her murder, pays tribute to the memory of the Nakba and the ongoing forced displacement of Palestinians.
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15 May, 2022
Abu Akleh's last report for Al Jazeera discussed the memory of the Nakba and the continuing exodus of Palestinians. [Ricardo Rubio/Europa Press via Getty]

's last report for Al Jazeera, prepared forÌýthe 74th commemoration of the Nakba,Ìýwas shared on Sunday by the Qatar-basedÌýnetwork, days after her execution by Israeli troops while reporting from the Palestinian city of Jenin.Ìý

"Our late colleague Shireen Abu Akleh prepared this report to commemorate the Nakba two days before her assassination by Israeli occupying forces," Al JazeeraÌýwrote on Twitter in Arabic. "She did not know it would be her last."

, a dual US-Palestinian citizen, was a trailblazing female correspondent in the Middle East. She reportedÌýfrom the occupied Palestinian territories for Al Jazeera for over 25 years, covering both Intifadas. Abu AklehÌýwas shot dead by Israeli troops on May 11 while covering an Israeli raid on Jenin.

Her last report, which was filmed two days before her execution, was scheduled to air forÌýthe on May 15.

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The term Nakba, meaning "catastrophe" in Arabic, refers to the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians by Zionist militiasÌýthat accompanied the birth of Israel in 1948.

On 15 May each year, Nakba Day commemorates the 750,000 Palestinians expelled with the Israeli state's 1948 creation and those facing forced displacement today.

Abu Akleh's 3-minute reportÌýfeatures interviews with a survivor of the Nakba and scenes filmed in the ruins of hisÌýPalestinian village,Ìýon whose ruins a forest now grows.

The videoÌýconcludes withÌýa reminder thatÌýIsraeli attempts to dispossess Palestinians and displace them forcibly are ongoing.ÌýIn Masafer Yatta, an area near the West Bank's Hebron city, more than 1,000 Palestinians now face expulsion following an Israeli Supreme Court decision earlier this month.

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