The Palestine Journalists Syndicate held the Israeli forces fully responsible for the crime and stated that Shireen Abu Akleh's death was a clear assassination perpetrated by the Israeli Army.
When the class 10 student named Mashida was called on stage to receive the prize for topping her class, senior cleric MT Abdulla Musaliyar walked towards the place where the girl was felicitated and reprimanded the fellow clerics for inviting "a girl on stage".