Israeli forces kill American-Turkish activist in the occupied West Bank
Israeli forces have fatally shot an American-Turkish activist at a demonstration in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian news agency Wafa and a hospital official say.
Twenty-six-year-old Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was taking part in the protest against illegal Israeli settlements on Mount Sbeih in Beita, south of Nablus, on Friday when she was shot.
Fouad Nafaa, the head of the Rafidia Hospital in Nablus, told the news agency Reuters that Ezgi Eygi arrived at the hospital in a critical condition with a serious head injury.
“We tried to perform a resuscitation operation on her, but unfortunately, she died,” he said.
Ezgi Eygi was shot when Israeli forces fired live ammunition, stun grenades and tear gas at demonstrators, Wafa reported, quoting local sources.
Jonathan Pollak, a witness, told Al Jazeera he found Ezgi Eygi “lying on the ground beneath an olive grove, bleeding to death.”
“I put my hand under her head to try and stop the bleeding and took her pulse. She had very weak pulse. We called the ambulance, and put her in the ambulance that evacuated her.”
Nablus Governor Ghassan Daghlas said “all legal measures” would be submitted to the International Criminal Court after the killing of Ezgi Eygi.
“We appeal to President Biden to stop all support to the occupying state because the occupying state is working hard to bomb hospitals and kill children and kill foreigners, including American nationals,” he told reporters. [Continue reading…]