NABLUS, West Financial institution — The Western-backed Palestinian Authority held a funeral procession Monday for a U.S.-Turkish twin nationwide activist who a witness says was shot and killed by Israeli forces whereas demonstrating in opposition to settlements within the occupied West Financial institution.
Dozens of mourners — together with a number of main PA officers — attended the procession. Safety forces carried the physique of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi which was draped in a Palestinian flag whereas a conventional black-and-white checkered scarf coated her face. The 26-year-old’s physique was then positioned into the again of a Palestinian ambulance.
Turkish Overseas Ministry Spokesman Oncu Keceli stated Turkey was engaged on repatriating Eygi’s stays for burial within the Aegean coastal city of Didim as per her household’s needs, however “as a result of the land crossing from the Palestinian territories to Jordan was closed as of Sunday, the ministry was attempting to have the physique flown on to Turkey.”
U.S. officers didn’t reply to a request for remark.
Jonathan Pollak, an Israeli peace activist who participated in Friday’s protest, stated Israeli forces shot her on Friday within the metropolis of Nablus whereas posing no risk, including that the killing occurred throughout a interval of calm after clashes between troopers and Palestinian protesters. Pollak stated he then noticed two Israeli troopers mount the roof of a close-by residence, practice a gun within the group’s course and fired, with one of many bullets putting Eygi within the head.
The Israeli army stated it was wanting into experiences that troops had killed a international nationwide whereas firing at an “instigator of violent exercise” within the space of the protest.
The West Financial institution has seen a surge of violence for the reason that Israel-Hamas wa r started in October, with rising Israeli raids, assaults by Palestinian militants on Israelis, and assaults by Israeli settlers on Palestinians.
