Al Jazeera English apologises for wording of tweet on Israeli/Palestinian deaths

Al Jazeera English apologised on its website for the wording of a tweet on Saturday which critics claimed minimised the deaths of two Israelis following a stabbing by a Palestinian:

"On Saturday, we posted a tweet that has been widely criticised.

"It contained a link to a news story on our site about an incident in Jerusalem in which two Israeli men were stabbed to death by a Palestinian man who was later shot dead by Israeli police. 

"The is the wording of the tweet: 

"'Palestinian shot dead after fatal stabbing in Jerusalem; 2 Israeli victims also killed.'

"Many people in our audience have pointed out that the tweet appears to minimise the killings of the Israeli victims and leaves out the context that the Palestinian man was their attacker.

"This criticism is valid and we regret the wording of a tweet written under the pressure of breaking news. The story on the site was briefly headlined with similar wording, which we amended in an update."