Washington - "Jerusalem" dot com - Saeed Erekat - Informed sources told "Al Quds" dot com, today, Thursday, that the administration of US President Joe Biden is pressuring Israel to review the " rules of engagement " during military operations in the West Bank, in the wake of an incident The killing of Palestinian-American journalist Sherine Abu Aqleh.

The source, who asked not to be named, said, "The Biden administration plans to follow up on the request to hold more talks with the Israelis regarding the rules of engagement for the Israeli army in the West Bank," at a time when the Biden administration is facing pressure to do more to ensure accountability for the killing of Abu Aqelah.

After meeting the Abu Aqel family in Washington, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, and asked him to publish the final conclusions of the IDF's operational investigation into the incident as soon as possible.

He also called for a review of the IDF's rules of engagement in the West Bank, saying it would be a step towards accountability in the Abu Aqleh case.

It is noteworthy that the US State Department had issued a statement on July 4, 2022, in which it said that the fire that killed Abu Aqelah was most likely the fire of the Israeli soldiers, but the US security coordinator decided that the killing was not intentional.

In response to a question by Al-Quds.com correspondent, US State Department spokesman Ned Price defended the conclusions reached by the US security coordinator that the Palestinian-American journalist, Shireen Abu Aqleh, was most likely killed by Israeli army fire, and that her killing was not intentional, "rather as a result of circumstances." Tragic.” These conclusions were met with disbelief and anger from the Abu-Aqleh family, and Palestinian officials.

In his response to Al-Quds.com, Price said that the US Security Council's examination "was not a criminal investigation, but rather analytical conclusions," based on the results of the investigations of the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli army.