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Israel says 'highly likely' army fire killed US-Turkish activist 'unintentionally'

Israel says 'highly likely' army fire killed US-Turkish activist 'unintentionally'

Members of Palestinian security forces carry the body of slain Turkish-American International Solidarity Movement activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi during a funeral procession in Nablus in the occupied West Bank on Sept. 9, 2024. (Credit: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)

The Israeli military said on Tuesday it was "highly likely" its forces "indirectly and unintentionally" shot dead a U.S.-Turkish activist during a protest in the occupied West Bank last week.

An inquiry "found that it is highly likely that she was hit indirectly and unintentionally by IDF (Israeli army) fire which was not aimed at her, but aimed at the key instigator of the riot," the military said in a statement referring to the death of the 26-year-old activist, Aysenur Ezgi Eygi. 


The Israeli military said on Tuesday it was "highly likely" its forces "indirectly and unintentionally" shot dead a U.S.-Turkish activist during a protest in the occupied West Bank last week.



An inquiry "found that it is highly likely that she was hit indirectly and unintentionally by IDF (Israeli army) fire which was not aimed at her, but aimed at the key instigator of the riot," the military said in a statement referring to the death of the 26-year-old activist, Aysenur Ezgi Eygi.