The Turkish-born American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi26, died after being shot by the Israeli Army, causing serious head injuries in Nablussouth of the West Bank occupied, according to the official Palestinian news agency, He died.
I was participating in a march
The activist was participating in the weekly peaceful march held in the village of Betain Nablusagainst settlement expansion when Israeli forces cracked down on the protest with live ammunition, grenades and tear gas.
“This weekly march always faces live fire because there is no legal way for Palestinians to demonstrate under Israeli military rule in West Bank”, he wrote on his account X Alon Lee GreenIsraeli activist and co-director of the peaceful movement ‘Standing together’.
An 18-year-old Palestinian was also wounded by shrapnel during the incident, according to He died.
He died in the hospital
Ezgi Eygi She was rushed to the Rafidia hospital of Nablus where she was admitted to the intensive care unit. Medical efforts were unable to save her due to the serious head injuries she suffered, medical sources said.
The Israeli army, for its part, said in a statement that it was forced to open fire to mitigate “the threat” of “an instigator who was throwing stones at the forces.”
“The details of the incident and the circumstances in which the activist was beaten are being reviewed,” the military statement added.
Volunteer at the International Solidarity Movement (ISM)
The young woman worked as a volunteer at the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in a campaign aimed at protecting Palestinian farmers from Israeli settlers. The same humanitarian organization he worked for Rachel Corriewho was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer in 2003.
The secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Hussein Sheikhcondemned “the murder of the activist” and defined it as “another crime in a series of daily violations committed by the occupying forces.”
In a message on his account X He asked that those responsible for the death of Ezgi Eygi be held accountable before international courts.
Blinken: US looking into activist’s death
USA is analyzing the events that occurred in West Bank and “we will act as necessary,” said the Secretary of State for EU, Antony Blinken.
At a press conference in Santo Domingo where you are visiting, The blink He described this “tragic loss” as “deplorable” and expressed the US government’s condolences to the family of the Turkish-born American activist. Aysenur Ezgi Eygi. EFE
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