Another protester who saw the killing told The Associated Press that troops shot and killed an American woman on Friday who was taking part in an anti-settlement demonstration in the West Bank. She was shot in the head, according to two medics. Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old Turkish native, has passed away, according to U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller, but he did not specify if Israeli troops were to blame for her death. In a statement, the White House expressed its “deep disturbance” over the death of an American citizen and urged Israel to look into the incident.Top stories, headlines, and breaking international news from France 24 France Africa Americas in the Middle East Europe Asia-Pacific Return to the Middle East homepage Turkish-American lady killed by Israeli forces during protest in the West Bank Another protester who saw the incident informed The Associated Press that

The woman who was shot and killed was participating in a weekly protest against the growth of settlements, which have occasionally descended into violence: Amado Sison, an American citizen, claimed that while attempting to escape tear gas and live fire one month prior, he was shot in the leg by Israeli forces. Israeli participant Jonathan Pollak claimed the shooting happened soon after dozens of Palestinians and foreign activists gathered for a community prayer on a hillside near Beita, in the northern West Bank, which overlooked the Israeli settlement of Evyatar.

According to him, the altercations subsided as the demonstrators and activists—including Pollak and the woman—retreated from the hill. Then he saw as two soldiers, perched atop a nearby house, aimed a gun towards the group and opened fire. When the gunshots rang out, he saw the flares emerge from the nozzle. He claimed that when the shots were fired, the woman was ten or fifteen metres (yards) behind him. At that moment, he described seeing her “lying on the ground, next to an olive tree, bleeding to death.”