Shireen Abu Akleh was shot in the head during an Israeli raid, and witnesses say she was removed from the conflict but was deliberately targeted by the IDF. It logically follows that Israel does not want their raids covered by journalists, so they murder one in order to send a message. This matters, and the Israeli/Palestinian conflict matters, because the US government funds it almost entirely. Israel is controlled by barbarian fundamentalists, and who know that Uncle Sam will always foot the bill and avert their eyes from any Israeli-inflicted atrocity, so they have no incentive to actually behave like a civilized nation.
