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IDF probing claim troops killed US-Turkish citizen in West Bank

Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was an activist with the anti-Israel International Solidarity Movement (ISM)

September 8, 2024 08:58
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Aysenur Ezgi Eygi (Image: X / Twitter)

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The Israel Defence Forces is investigating allegations that troops shot and killed a dual US-Turkish citizen during a protest near Nablus (Shechem) in the West Bank on Friday.

The fatality was named as Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, an activist with the anti-Israel International Solidarity Movement.

According to the military, during operations adjacent to the Palestinian town of Beita, soldiers opened fire at a “main instigator” who had “posed a threat" by throwing stones at them.

“A claim that a foreign citizen was killed by gunfire is being probed. The details of the incident and the circumstances of her being struck are under investigation,” the IDF added.

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