Israeli soldiers face Palestinian protesters in the town of Beita, in West Bank on August 9, 2024. Palestinians protest weekly against the building of Israeli settlements.
A woman who was a citizen of both the U.S. and Turkey died of her wounds on Friday after being shot in the head by Israeli troops during a protest against settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.Israeli soldiers face Palestinian protesters in the town of Beita, in West Bank on Aug. 9. Palestinians protest weekly there against the building of Israeli settlements, and on Friday, at least one person was fatally shot. A U.S.
"We have learned with deep regret that our citizen Aysenur Ezgi Eygi has been killed by the Israeli occupation forces," the statement said."We are urgently gathering more information about the circumstances of her death and will have more to say as we learn more," State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said, calling her death "tragic."The Israeli military said it was looking into the report.
The rise in violent attacks by settlers on Palestinian villages in the West Bank has caused growing anger among Western allies of Israel, including the United States, which has imposed sanctions on a number of individuals.Friday's death comes a few weeks after around 100 settlers attacked the village of Jit, in the northern West Bank, drawing worldwide condemnation and a promise from the government of swift action against anyone found guilty of violence.
"When they entered, they used bulldozers and began destroying everything. They left nothing," said Jenin resident Samaher Abu Nassa.The Palestinian foreign ministry accused the military of transferring the tactics used to level the Gaza Strip into the West Bank. Israel said troops had killed 14 militant fighters during the operation, including the local commander of Hamas in Jenin. Forces also arrested 30 suspects and confiscated weapons and dismantled infrastructure including an underground weapons storage depot underneath a mosque and an explosives workshop.
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