CNN —The family of an American woman killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank said they left a meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken frustrated and with little hope anyone would be held accountable for her death.
“Nothing left us optimistic about justice for my sister moving forward,” Ozden Bennett, the sister of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, said after the meeting at the US State Department Monday.
Eygi was shot and killed in early September while participating in a weekly protest against an Israeli settlement near the Palestinian village of Beita.
The family also called for Blinken to publicly pressure Israel to finish that probe before the Biden administration leaves office.
An American was killed abroad, and we hope any American government, any administration, would take that seriously and pursue justice,” Ali said.
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