Slain Al Jazeera journalist to be laid to rest in Jerusalem

Ibrahim Almasri, an Egyptian freelance photographer, wraps his camera straps around his wrists like handcuffs during a protest as dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered near the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday to denounce the death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Akleh (Mehmet Guzel/AP)

Thousands of Palestinians are expected to attend the funeral in Jerusalem of an Al Jazeera journalist who witnesses say was shot dead by Israeli forces this week while covering a military operation in the occupied West Bank.

Recent days have seen an outpouring of grief from across the Palestinian territories and the wider Arab world over the death of Shireen Abu Akleh, a veteran on-air correspondent who spent quarter of a century covering the harsh realities of life under Israeli military rule, which is well into its sixth decade with no end in sight.