Aysenur Ezgi Eygi -- a dual American and Turkish citizen -- died at Rafidia Hospital in Nablus, in the West Bank, according to the hospital director.
Eygi was a "foreign solidarity" activist, one of a number of Americans and other foreigners, who work to protect Palestinian farmers in the West Bank from attacks by Israeli settlers.
Medics transport the body of a US citizen after she succumbed to her wound from a reported gunshot, at a hospital in Nablus in the occupied West Bank on September 6, 2024.In July, shocking video showed a group of activists attacked by settlers near Qusra, in the West Bank, while trying to protect Palestinian farmers harvesting olives."We offer our deepest condolences to her family and loved ones.
"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," the IDF said in a statement to ABC News."We condemn this murder committed by the Netanyahu Government. Israel is trying to intimidate all those who come to the aid of the Palestinian people and who fight peacefully against the genocide," the ministry said in a statement.
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