Aysenur Eygi was a dual national, also carrying Turkish citizenship
had shot an American woman at an anti-settlement demonstration in the West Bank. Two doctors said she was shot in the head, the AP reported."We are deeply disturbed by the tragic death of an American citizen, Aysenur Egzi Eygi, today in the West Bank and our hearts go out to her family and loved ones," White House National Security Council spokesman Sean Savett said in a statement.
At least two other American citizens have been killed in the West Bank since Oct. 7. Mohammad Ahmed Mohammad Khdour, 17, was killed by IDF troops in February, and Tawfic Hafeth Abdel Jabbar, 17, was killed by Israeli fire in January.Israel’s military said its forces recovered the bodies in an overnight operation in southern Gaza, without saying when or how the six died.
"The details of the incident and the circumstances in which she was hit are under review," it said in a statement. More than 30 people were also taken into IDF custody as suspects, though the military did not expand on what they were suspected of.
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