Israel Says Military Shot Dead US-Turkish Woman by Mistake
- Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, raised in Seattle, was killed in West Bank
- Blinken says Israeli forces need to change rules of engagement
Palestinians and international activists lift portraits of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi at her final farewell at the Rafidia hospital in Nablus in the occupied West Bank on Sept. 8.
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Israel said its military probably killed an American-Turkish citizen last week by accident, prompting the US to call on its close ally to make “fundamental changes” to how it operates in the West Bank.
Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, raised in Seattle, was shot dead during a protest in the West Bank town of Beita on Friday. Turkey blamed the Israel Defense Forces, which in a social media post at the time said its troops fired toward “a main instigator” of violence.