Aysenur Ezgi Eyg: Israel says 'highly likely' IDF killed US-Turkish protester

It says she was probably hit indirectly and unintentionally at a protest in the occupied West Bank.

British Broadcasting CorporationWatchHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureTravelEarthVideoLiveHomeNewsIsrael-Gaza WarWar in UkraineUS ElectionUS & CanadaUKUK PoliticsEnglandN. IrelandN. Ireland PoliticsScotlandScotland PoliticsWalesWales PoliticsAfricaAsiaChinaIndiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastIn PicturesBBC InDepthBBC VerifySportBusinessExecutive LoungeTechnology of BusinessWomen at the HelmFuture of BusinessInnovationTechnologyScience & HealthArtificial IntelligenceAI v the MindCultureFilm & TVMusicArt & DesignStyleBooksEntertainment NewsTravelDestinationsAfricaAntarcticaAsiaAustralia and PacificCaribbean & BermudaCentral AmericaEuropeMiddle EastNorth AmericaSouth AmericaWorld’s TableCulture & ExperiencesAdventuresThe SpeciaListEarthNatural WondersWeather & ScienceClimate SolutionsSustainable BusinessGreen LivingVideoLiveLive NewsLive SportHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureTravelEarthVideoLiveAudioWeatherNewslettersIsrael says 'highly likely' its troops killed US-Turkish protester in West BankInternational Solidarity MovementAysenur Ezgi Eygi was killed at a protest against Israeli settlement expansion in the West BankThe Israel military says a US-Turkish woman shot dead at a protest in the occupied West Bank last week was "highly likely hit indirectly and unintentionally" by its soldiers.

Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, had been at a demonstration against Jewish settlement expansion in the town of Beita last Friday when she was shot by Israeli forces.

The US secretary of state called Eygi's killing "unprovoked and unjustified", but President Joe Biden later said: "Apparently it was an accident. It [the bullet] ricocheted off the ground."

Eygi's family, along with the UN human rights office, have called for a full and independent investigation into her killing.

In a brief statement summarising their investigation findings, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said the gunfire had not been "aimed at her, but aimed at the key instigator of the riot."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdjw1ggkpd7o

---