Aoun says Abu Aqleh's killing adds to Israel's 'bloody history'

President Michel Aoun on Wednesday sent a cable of condolences to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas over the killing of veteran Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh with “treacherous Israeli bullets as she was practicing her journalistic work.”

“As she joins the procession of the martyrs of occupied Palestine, who faced the Israeli occupation’s arrogance with their firm will, she confirms once again, with her blood, that this brutal occupation has total disregard for all international conventions and laws that govern journalistic work,” Aoun says in the cable.

“Through this crime, it adds to its bloody history a new chapter of abuse, aggression and disregard for rights, life and justice,” the President added.