Calls for probe into killing of US-Turkish volunteer

Israeli forces shot dead Aysenur Ezgi Eygi in West Bank

- ANDY GREGORY

The United Nations and the White House have called for a thorough investigation after a US-Turkish woman was fatally shot during a protest in the occupied West Bank.

Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was shot in the head by Israeli forces on Friday, during a weekly protest against West Bank settlements in the town of Beita, near the city of Nablus, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.

The 26-year-old had only arrived on Tuesday as a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement, Al Jazeera reported. The Israeli military said on Friday that it was “looking into reports that a foreign national was killed”.

“Today, during Israeli security forces activity adjacent to the area of Beita, the forces responded with fire toward a main instigator of violent activity who hurled rocks at the forces and posed a threat to them,” it said on X/Twitter.

“The IDF is looking into reports that a foreign national was killed as a result of shots fired in the area. The details of the incident and the circumstances in which she was hit are under review,” it added.