White House requests probe of American woman’s killing in West Bank

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White House requests probe of ********* woman’s ******** in West Bank

The family of a 26-year-old ********* citizen ******* amid a protest in the occupied 

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 said an ******** military shooter ******* her, and said an ******** investigation into the incident would not be enough.

Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a recent graduate of the University of Washington in Seattle, was fatally shot during a demonstration in Beita on Friday, the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), said.

Eygi’s family said, “Aysenur was peacefully standing for justice when she was ******* by a bullet that video shows came from an ******** military shooter.”

“We welcome the White House’s statement of condolences, but given the circumstances of Aysenur’s ********, an ******** investigation is not adequate,” her family said in a statement.

“We call on President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Secretary of State Blinken to order an independent investigation into the unlawful ******** of a U.S. citizen and to ensure full accountability for the guilty parties,” they said.

The White House said it has asked *******’s government for more information and requested an investigation. National Security Council spokesman Sean Savett said they were “deeply **********” by Eygi’s ******.

The ISM said Eygi was taking part in its weekly demonstration in the town of Beita, north of Ramallah, against the expansion of ******** settlements in the West Bank.

In a statement, the organization said the protest “primarily involved men and children praying” and was met with force by the IDF who fired tear gas before using live ammunition.

The ISM said Eygi was shot in the head and ***** shortly after she was taken to a hospital in Nablus. Eygi is the 18th demonstrator to be ******* in Beita since 2020, and the only non-************, according to the ISM.

The ******* Defense Forces said it had been in the area next to Beita and “responded with ***** toward a main instigator of violent activity who hurled rocks at the forces and posed a threat to them.”

“The IDF is looking into reports that a foreign national was ******* as a result of shots fired in the area.” the IDF said. “The details of the incident and the circumstances in which she was hit are under review.”

Eygi was a dual national, also carrying Turkish citizenship. In a statement, Turkey President Recep Erdogan said he condemned *******’s “barbaric intervention against a civilian protest against the occupation in the West Bank.”

Eygi’s profile on social networking site LinkedIn says she was a psychology graduate with a minor in Middle Eastern languages and cultures, and that she was committed to under-served communities.

“I’m driven by a passion for making a positive impact and continuously seek opportunities to learn, grow, and contribute to meaningful projects,” she wrote.

The University of Washington in Seattle said that Eygi was a recent graduate, and UW’s president called news of her ****** “awful.”

“My heart goes out to Aysenur’s family, friends and loved ones,” President Ana Mari Cauce 

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. “Aysenur was a peer mentor in psychology who helped welcome new students to the department and provided a positive influence in their lives.”

Cauce said Eygi is the second member of the UW community to **** in ********* in the region. “I again join with our government and so many who are working and calling for a ceasefire and resolution to the crisis,” she said.

Eygi’s family said in the statement Friday that her ******** is an “unimaginable tragedy,” and that she had just turned 26. “Aysenur was a loving daughter, sister, partner, and aunt,” they said.

“She was gentle, brave, silly, supportive, and a ray of sunshine. She wore her heart on her sleeves. She felt a deep responsibility to serve others and lived a life of caring for those in need with action,” the family said. “She was a fiercely passionate human rights activist her whole life–a steadfast and staunch advocate of justice.”

Eygi, who graduated from the university three months ago, had taken part in protests on campus while a student and then traveled to the West Bank.

“Aysenur felt compelled to travel to the West Bank to stand in solidarity with ************ civilians who continue to endure ongoing repression and *********,” they said.

At least two other ********* citizens have been ******* in the West Bank since Oct. 7. Mohammad Ahmed Mohammad Khdour, 17, was ******* by IDF troops in February, and Tawfic Hafeth Abdel Jabbar, 17, was ******* by ******** ***** in January.

******** settlements have expanded rapidly over the past several years, with 

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 on the rise. In April, 

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from at least five West Bank settlements “with the active participation of army units.”

******** forces are appearing to withdraw from the city of Jenin and other parts of the West Bank, where the IDF has been carrying out a

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 that has left ruin to neighborhoods across the city and beyond.

In Jenin, the IDF said at least 14 people they identified as terrorists had been *******, including Wassem Hazem, the head of ******’ presence in Jenin who they said had directed ********* and explosive attacks in the area.

More than 30 people were also taken into IDF custody as suspects, though the military did not expand on what they were suspected of.

************ health officials had said Thursday that at least 39 people had been ******* in the West Bank since ******* launched what it described as an operation to dismantle “********** cells” in the territory on Aug. 28.

Many of those ******* have been claimed as members of militant groups ****** and ************ Islamic ******, although the ************ health ministry has said at least eight children were also among those ******* at the time.

“For over a week, ******** forces have been using lethal, war-like tactics across the northern West Bank, deepening people’s humanitarian needs and raising concerns over excessive use of force,” the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a 

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published Wednesday.

OCHA said that from Aug. 27 to Sept. 2, ******** forces had ******* 30 Palestinians in the territory, including seven children, “marking the highest weekly ****** toll since November 2023.”

In 2022, ******* admitted that one of its soldiers fatally shot 

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, who was covering raids in the occupied West Bank for Al Jazeera at the time. No one in the ******** army has been prosecuted, and the military has not announced any disciplinary action.

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