Shireen Abu Akleh: Pallbearers nearly drop coffin as Israeli police hit mourners
Israeli police moved in on a crowd of mourners at the funeral of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, beating demonstrators with batons which caused pallbearers to nearly drop her coffin (MEE/Latifeh Abdellatif)
TV images showed Abu Akleh's coffin falling to the ground as police grabbed Palestinian flags from the crowd, close to the procession outside St Louis French Hospital in occupied East Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood (MEE/Latifeh Abdellatif)
Thousands of Muslim and Christian Palestinians from Jerusalem and the Palestinian community in Israel, including Haifa and Nazareth, came to pay their respects to the veteran journalist at the Old City church on Friday (MEE/Latifeh Abdellatif)
A sea of people carried Shireen Abu Akleh's casket to the Mount Zion Cemetery from the Roman Catholic church in Jerusalem's Old City (MEE/Latifeh Abdellatif)
Israeli restrictions make it extremely difficult for Palestinians to gather in Jerusalem in large numbers (MEE/Latifeh Abdellatif)
Rows of heavily-armed Israeli forces stood at the gate of Jerusalem's Saint Joseph French Hospital, preventing mourners from leaving with Shireen Abu Akleh's casket (MEE/Latifeh Abdellatif)
At the time of her death, Shireen Abu Akleh was wearing a vest that clearly identified her as a member of the press (MEE/Latifeh Abdellatif)
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