Israel’s military said it was highly likely its troops fired the shot that killed an American-Turkish woman at a protest in the West Bank last week, but said her death was unintentional and expressed deep regret.
U.S. Secretary Antony Blinken said the killing was “unprovoked and unjustified” and showed the Israeli security forces needed to make some fundamental changes in their rules of engagement.
Turkish and Palestinian officials said last Friday that Israeli troops shot 26-year-old Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, who had been taking part in a protest against settlement expansion during a regular protest march by activists in Beita, a village near Nablus.
Israeli Defence Forces commanders had conducted an investigation into the incident, the military said in a statement on Tuesday.
“The inquiry found that it is highly likely that she was hit indirectly and unintentionally by IDF fire which was not aimed at her, but aimed at the key instigator of the riot,” the military said. — Reuters
