The Israeli occupation army confirmed on Tuesday that it is “highly likely” that its soldiers’ fire “indirectly and unintentionally” killed Turkish-American activist Ayse Nur Ezgi Egi during a protest in the occupied West Bank last week.
The army said in a statement that the investigation into the activist’s death concluded that it was “highly likely that she was hit indirectly and unintentionally” by IDF fire “which was not directed at her but rather at the main instigator of the riot” during an anti-settlement demonstration near Nablus in the northern West Bank.
Yesterday, Monday, the people of Nablus bid farewell to the body of Aisha Nour Ezgi Egi. The funeral prayer was held after her body was taken out of Rafidia Governmental Hospital. The Palestinian security forces organized an official funeral procession. The body of the deceased is expected to be transferred to Turkey after that, according to what was announced by the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Palestinian forensics confirmed that the activist was killed by an Israeli sniper’s bullet to the head during a peaceful protest, while her family called on US President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to “conduct an independent investigation into the unlawful killing of an American citizen and ensure full accountability for the parties involved” after the Israeli army said it was investigating the matter.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also vowed in a speech he delivered after a government meeting at the presidential complex in the capital Ankara that his country would continue to pursue Israel at the highest levels and through the International Court of Justice as well.
