The Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee member Hussein al-Sheikh said that the Israeli occupation requested a joint investigation into the assassination of the Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Aqel, and requested that he be handed the bullet that lodged in her body, but the Palestinian Authority refused.

In a tweet, he added: "We have confirmed that our investigation will be completed independently and will inform her family, America, Qatar and all official and popular authorities of the results of the investigation with high transparency."

Al-Sheikh stressed that all indications, evidence and witnesses confirm that they assassinated her from special units of the Israeli occupation.