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Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old woman from Seattle, was shot dead Sept. 6 by an Israeli soldier during a demonstration against Israeli West Bank settlements, according to an Israeli protester who witnessed the shooting. The Israeli military said Tuesday that Eygi was likely shot “indirectly and unintentionally” by Israeli forces. The war began when Hamas-led fighters killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in an Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel. The military said the six were killed shortly before Israeli forces were to rescue them. Israeli airstrikes hit GazaIsraeli airstrikes pounded central and southern Gaza overnight into Saturday, killing at least 14 people.
Persons: Ezgi, Eygi, , ” Numan, Kurtulmus, Antony Blinken, Benjamin Netanyahu, Anat Angrest, Matan Angrest, Netanyahu, , Angrest, Khan Younis, Beit Lahia, Sheikh Zayed, ” Richard Peeperkorn Organizations: West Bank, Israeli West Bank, Izmir Forensic Medicine Institute, U.S, Hamas, Gaza’s Civil Defense, United Nations, Saturday, World Health Organization, WHO, Gaza’s Health Ministry Locations: ISTANBUL, Turkey, American, Seattle, Turkish, Didim, Mosque, Izmir, United States, Egypt, Qatar, Israel, Tel Aviv, Gaza, Rafah, Gaza City, Manshiyeh
CNN —The American-Turkish activist Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, who was killed by Israeli gunfire in the West Bank last week, has been buried in her family’s hometown in southwestern Turkey. Eygi, who was born in Turkey and had joint US citizenship, was shot by Israeli forces while taking part in a weekly protest against an Israeli settlement near the Palestinian village of Beita. A guard of honour carries the Turkish flag-draped coffin of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi during her funeral ceremony in Didim. Dilara Senkaya/ReutersThe ISM has criticized Biden for refusing Eygi’s family’s demands for an independent and transparent investigation into her death. Her presence in our lives was taken needlessly, unlawfully, and violently by the Israeli military,” they said in a statement.
Persons: Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, Rachel Corrie, Eygi, , Joe Biden, Numan Kurtulmuş, , Biden, Ezgi, Dilara Senkaya, Eygi’s, Juliette Majid, Aysenur Organizations: CNN, West Bank, University of Washington, International Solidarity Movement, Israel Defense Forces, National Assembly Locations: Turkey, Turkish, Didim, Beita, Gaza
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan greets lawmakers of his AK Party in the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey, October 25, 2023. "The products of companies that support Israel will not be sold in restaurants, cafeterias and tea houses in the parliament campus," Turkey's Grand National Assembly said, without identifying the companies. Neither the parliament statement nor the source specified how Coca-Cola and Nestle supported Israel's war effort. Over the past month, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his government have sharply criticised Israel's assault on Gaza and Western support for Jerusalem. Israel has bombarded Gaza since a Hamas raid on southern Israel a month ago, when its fighters killed 1,400 people and seized 240 hostages.
Persons: Tayyip Erdogan, Murat Cetinmuhurdar, Numan Kurtulmus, Nestle, Israel, Huseyin Hayatsever, Daren Butler, Alex Richardson, Jonathan Spicer Organizations: AK Party, REUTERS, Rights, Nestle, Israel, National Assembly, Cola, Palestinian, Hamas, stevedores, Ece, Thomson Locations: Turkish, Ankara, Turkey, Handout, Rights ANKARA, Gaza, Israel, Barcelona, Jerusalem
Rasmus Paludan holds a burning Koran outside of the Turkish embassy on January 21, 2023 in Stockholm, Sweden. Jonas Gratzer | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesOn Saturday, far-right demonstrators burned a Quran and chanted anti-Muslim slogans in front of Turkey's embassy in Stockholm, Sweden. Several media outlets and independent journalist gather to see Rasmus Paludan stage a Koran burning outside the Turkish embassy on January 21, 2023 in Stockholm, Sweden. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson reportedly denounced the protest as an act of "sabotage" against the country's NATO membership bid. Nonetheless, he expressed confidence that Turkey would approve his country's NATO bid.
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