Israeli Military Says Activist Shot ‘Unintentionally’

The family of the Turkish American activist killed during a West Bank protest last week disputes the IDF’s finding.

Israeli armored vehicles drive on a destroyed street during a raid in Tulkarem on Sept. 10, 2024, amid a large-scale military offensive launched a week earlier in the West Bank. Jaafar Ashtiyeh/ AFP via Getty Images

An American activist shot and killed at a West Bank demonstration on Sept. 6 was hit unintentionally, an Israeli army inquiry has found.

Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, who also held Turkish citizenship, was killed at a demonstration near Beita Junction, where dozens of protesters burned tires and threw rocks at Israeli security forces, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a Sept. 10 statement.