Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that the killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi during a demonstration in the occupied territory was 'unprovoked and unjustified.'
Palestinian activists lift a banner and portraits of slain Turkish-American International Solidarity Movement activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi during a funeral procession in Nablus in the occupied West Bank.in the occupied West Bank last week. The United States said the shooting was "unprovoked and unjustified" and called for "fundamental changes" to Israel 's conduct, a rare direct rebuke of its close ally.
Eygi's family said she was peacefully demonstrating when she was killed and that video showed the bullet appeared to come from an Israeli military shooter. He added that "in our judgment, Israeli security forces need to make some fundamental changes in the way that they operate in the West Bank" and said Washington would be "making that clear to the senior-most members of the Israeli government."The IDF added that "following the incident, an investigation was launched by the Military Police Criminal Investigation Division .
The court said Israel should cease all new settlement activities and evacuate settlers from Palestinian territories.
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