Israel should investigate the fatal shooting of an American woman in Evyatar during a protest against Israeli settlements, according to the State Department
The State Department said that Israel must quickly investigate the fatal shooting of an American woman during a protest against Israeli settlements. Eyewitnesses said she was shot in the head by Israeli forces policing the protest. The incident is being investigated by Israeli authorities.
Before the demonstration started, ISM activists said Eygi joined prayers from local communities on top of a hill overlooking Evyatar, two days before she was killed.
The international community considers all Israeli settlements in the West Bank to be violations of international law, but such unauthorized outposts are illegal under Israeli law. But in July, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich — himself an ultranationalist settler — legalized Evyatar and several other outposts.
Israeli authorities and the family of Ms. Eygi: “We’re going to see what is wrong with Israel at the end of the hill”
U.S. State Department spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters Monday that Israel has promised to share its findings with the United States first. We expect that to happen as quickly as possible. We expect that process to be thorough. We expect that process to be transparent,” Patel said.
The criminal investigation division of the military police has been investigating the episode and will share its findings with military prosecutors later, the Israeli military said. The Eygi family demands that President Biden order an independent investigation into Ms. Eygi’s death to ensure full accountability for the guilty parties.
“They pushed us to the bottom of the hill, basically. The army, at this point, had been throwing tear gas. She said that they had fired a few live rounds.
Palestinians have long said that Israel uses excessive force against them at clashes and protests in the West Bank, but the death of Ms. Eygi has shined a spotlight on the issue. An autopsy report showed that Ms. Eygi had been shot in the left ear.
The Rafidia Hospital is in Nablus, the main city in the northern West Bank. The hospital head, Dr. Fouad Nafaa, said she arrived with fixed, dilated pupils and no heartbeat. She wasn’t breathing, and parts of her brain had spilled out. He said doctors performed six cycles of CPR but couldn’t save her.
The slain activist who was shot by Israeli gunfire has not been killed since October 7: Israel’s Security Forces are concerned about the security situation in the West Bank
The other activist there that day, Chen, claimed that it was a deliberate shot. “It wasn’t like there was hundreds of bullets flying in the air and she got struck by accident,” Chen said. She was standing next to an olive tree as she was moving down the hill.
Since October 7, the number of Israeli military raids has increased and there have been more attacks on settlers. Altogether, the attacks have killed more than 650 Palestinians, according to the United Nations.
The ISM says at least three of its activists have been killed since 2000. American ISM activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer in Gaza in 2003.
I’m absolutely devastated. The whole community is,” Aria Fani, Eygi’s former translation studies teacher, told The Seattle Times. Eygi is one of the most brilliant students that he has ever taught.
The Associated Press reported that the Palestinian Authority held a funeral procession Monday for Eygi in the West Bank city of Nablus, but Turkey wants the body transferred there for burial.
The Israeli military said on Tuesday that it was highly likely that a slain American activist was “unintentionally” struck by Israeli gunfire last week at a protest in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, as Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said the killing was “not acceptable.”
“Israeli security forces need to make some fundamental changes to the way they operate in the West Bank, including changes to their rules of engagement,” he said at a news conference in London.
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