An American-Turkish citizen has died after allegedly being shot in the head by Israeli troops, according to recent reports. Twenty-six-year-old Aysenur Ezgi Eygi passed away on Friday, per the reports.
The U.S. State Department and Turkey’s Foreign Ministry confirmed her death.
The incident occurred during a protest in the town of Beita, near the city of Nablus. It was part of an overall demonstration against the establishment of Israeli settlements in the region, an issue that has been the subject of debate for decades.
Eygi’s death provoked an international outcry, especially from people in Turkey, whose foreign ministry also accused Israel of attempting to “intimidate all those who come to the aid of the Palestinian people and who fight peacefully against the genocide.”
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller, in a statement to Fox News, said, “We are urgently gathering…