7/9/2024–|Last update: 7/9/202402:06 PM (Makkah Time)
Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent said that the Palestinian forensic medicine proved – today, Saturday – that the killing of the American-Turkish activist, Aisha Nour Ezgi Egi, was carried out by an Israeli sniper’s bullet to the head while she was participating yesterday in a peaceful protest south of Nablus in the West Bank.
Nablus Governor Ghassan Daghlas confirmed – in a statement to Tel Aviv Tribune – that the activist was shot by a sniper while participating in a peaceful protest against the settlers’ occupation of Jabal Sabih near the town of Beita, south of the city of Nablus, and that the autopsy confirmed that she was killed by a sniper’s bullet from the occupation army.
Palestinian forensic medicine proves that the American-Turkish activist was killed yesterday during an anti-settlement march in Jabal Sabih, south of Nablus, by an Israeli sniper’s bullet to her head. What are the details?#Gaza_War #News pic.twitter.com/ZGJfoVATVC
— Tel Aviv Tribune Channel (@AJArabic) September 7, 2024
He added that the governorate is awaiting the response of her family and husband in the United States regarding her funeral and burial place, and announced that the governorate will hold an official mourning house for her in the city of Nablus after handing over her body to her family.
Activist family
Israeli media quoted the family of the American activist of Turkish origin as saying, “The United States must demand an independent investigation into her killing,” saying in a statement, “The Israeli army took her life unnecessarily, illegally and violently.”
The family called on US President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken to “order an independent investigation into the unlawful killing of an American citizen and ensure full accountability for the parties involved,” after the Israeli military said yesterday it was investigating the matter.
Reactions condemning the killing of Turkish-American activist Aisha Nur Azgi Aygi continued yesterday, Friday. The Turkish Foreign Ministry condemned the killing of the activist in a statement, considering that Israel “is working to silence and intimidate everyone who rushes to the aid of the Palestinians and fights against genocide.”
The White House also expressed, in a statement, “deep concern” over the killing of the activist in solidarity with the Palestinian cause, while Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, called for an “extensive investigation” and holding accountable the Israeli soldiers involved in her killing.
For its part, the International Solidarity Movement said that Israel deliberately targeted and killed the activist, adding in a statement that the volunteer with the movement was participating as an observer in weekly demonstrations in the Nablus Governorate.