U.S. Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew wrote on X that they have been knowledgeable of Ezgi Eygi’s demise. “We provide our deepest condolences to her household and family members. We’re urgently gathering extra details about the circumstances of her demise, and can have extra to say as we study extra. We now have no larger precedence than the security and safety of Americans,” Lew wrote.
The Israeli army mentioned the IDF is investigating stories {that a} international nationwide was killed on account of gunfire within the space. In response to them, the IDF responded with fireplace at “a most important instigator of violent exercise who hurled rocks on the forces and posed a menace to them,” however the particulars of the incident and the circumstances underneath which she was hit are underneath investigation.
Ezgi Eygi’s demise got here after a serious Israeli army operation within the occupied West Financial institution. Hundreds of residents have been pushed from their properties through the nine-day operation, and at the very least 21 Palestinians have been killed, the Palestinian well being ministry reported.
In 2022, the Israeli Protection Forces shot lifeless one Palestinian-American reporter Shireen Abu Akleh. Israeli ministers initially forged confusion over who killed the journalist. Later, Israel accepted accountability and apologized, although Israel has refused to cooperate with FBI and Worldwide Legal Courtroom investigations into her demise. In October, a shrine to Abu Akleh was bulldozed.
Ezgi Eygi is the third Worldwide Solidarity Motion volunteer killed within the Palestinian territories. In 2003, activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to demise by an Israeli bulldozer and in 2004 British photographer Tom Hurndall was shot by an Israeli sniper within the Gaza strip.