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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew wrote on X that they had been knowledgeable of Ezgi Eygi’s demise. “We supply our deepest condolences to her household and family members. We are urgently gathering extra details about the circumstances of her demise, and may have extra to say as we be taught extra. We haven’t any increased precedence than the protection and safety of American residents,” Lew wrote.
The Israeli army stated the IDF is investigating stories {that a} international nationwide was killed because of gunfire within the space. According to them, the IDF responded with fireplace at “a principal instigator of violent exercise who hurled rocks on the forces and posed a risk to them,” however the particulars of the incident and the circumstances underneath which she was hit are underneath investigation.
Ezgi Eygi’s demise got here after a serious Israeli army operation within the occupied West Bank. Thousands of residents had been pushed from their houses in the course of the nine-day operation, and a minimum of 21 Palestinians had been killed, the Palestinian well being ministry reported.
In 2022, the Israeli Defense Forces shot dead one Palestinian-American reporter Shireen Abu Akleh. Israeli ministers initially forged confusion over who killed the journalist. Later, Israel accepted accountability and apologized, although Israel has refused to cooperate with FBI and International Criminal Court investigations into her demise. In October, a shrine to Abu Akleh was bulldozed.
Ezgi Eygi is the third International Solidarity Movement volunteer killed within the Palestinian territories. In 2003, activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to demise by an Israeli bulldozer and in 2004 British photographer Tom Hurndall was shot by an Israeli sniper within the Gaza strip.
