Israeli soldiers fatally shot an American woman at a West Bank protest, a witness says September 6, 2024 By America-Today
¡¡ NABLUS, West Bank -- Israeli soldiers killed an American woman demonstrating against settlements in the West Bank on Friday, according to a witness who said she was shot while posing no threat to Israeli forces and during a moment of calm after clashes earlier in the afternoon.
Two Palestinian doctors said 26-year-old Aysenur Ezgi Eygi of Seattle was shot in the head. had been shot by Israeli troops.
The White House said it was ¡°deeply disturbed¡± by the killing of a U.S. citizen and called on Israel to investigate what happened. and heavier military crackdowns on Palestinian protests.
More than 690 Palestinians have been killed, according to Palestinian health officials. The Israeli military said on Saturday that an ¡°initial inquiry indicates¡± security forces had been deployed to disperse a riot involving Palestinian
and Israeli civilians that ¡°included mutual rock hurling.¡± The security forces had fired shots in the air, the military said.
that has been held for years and has often brought Israeli crackdowns and protester stone-throwing.
international activists held a communal prayer on a hillside outside the northern West Bank town of Beita overlooking the Israeli settlement of Evyatar. ¡¡ ¡¡ |
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