Witnesses say Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was fired at by Israel Defense Forces soldiers positioned in nearby field
An American-Turkish dual national has been shot dead – reportedly by Israeli troops – while participating in a protest against settler expansion in the occupied
The Israel Defense Forces said they were looking into the report that troops had killed a foreign national while firing at an “instigator of violent activity”. The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, whose relations with Israel have reached a nadir since the 7 October Hamas attacks and the ensuing war in, said on X: “I condemn Israel’s barbaric intervention against a civilian protest against the occupation in the West Bank, and I pray for God’s mercy on our citizen Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, who lost her life in the attack.
All Israeli settlements in the West Bank are considered illegal under international law, but Evyatar, partly built on Beita land seized in 2013, was not built with Israeli government permission and was therefore considered an “outpost”, which is illegal under Israeli law. Evyatar’s future has been wrangled over in the Israeli courts for years, sparking regular high-profile protests from both Palestinians and settlers.
Settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank has soared since 7 October, forcing dozens of communities to abandon their homes. Palestinian officials and rights groups have long accused the IDF of standing by or even joining in settler attacks.Several of Israel’s western allies, including the US, have recently imposed sanctions on individuals and organisations associated with the settler movement.
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