(9 Sep 2024)
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Nablus, West Bank – 9 September 2024
1. Wide of military band playing during funeral procession of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi
2. Palestinian security forces carrying the body of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi
3. Mourners marching and holding banner reading (English) "May her blood pave the way for freedom. Our friend stay in peace."
4. Palestinian security forces carrying the body of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi
5. Mourners saying funeral prayer
6. Mourners carrying body and shouting
7. Pan left from man chanting to mourners carrying body
8. Body being placed into the back of a Palestinian ambulance
9. Wide of ambulance and mourners
10. Ambulance leaving
STORYLINE:
The Western-backed Palestinian Authority held a funeral procession Monday for a U.S.-Turkish dual national activist who a witness says was shot and killed by Israeli forces while demonstrating against settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Dozens of mourners — including several leading PA officials — attended the procession.
Security forces carried the body of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi which was draped in a Palestinian flag while a traditional black-and-white checkered scarf covered her face.
The 26-year-old’s body was then placed into the back of a Palestinian ambulance.
Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesman Oncu Keceli said Turkey was working on repatriating Eygi’s body for burial in the Aegean coastal town of Didim as per her family’s wishes.
U.S. officials did not respond to a request for comment.
Jonathan Pollak, an Israeli peace activist who participated in Friday’s protest, said Israeli forces shot her on Friday in the city of Nablus while posing no threat
He added that the killing happened during a period of calm after clashes between soldiers and Palestinian protesters.
Pollak said he then saw two Israeli soldiers mount the roof of a nearby home, train a gun in the group’s direction and fire, with one of the bullets striking Eygi in the head.
The Israeli military said it was looking into reports that troops had killed a foreign national while firing at an “instigator of violent activity” in the area of the protest.
The West Bank has seen a surge of violence since the Israel-Hamas war began in October, with increasing Israeli raids, attacks by Palestinian militants on Israelis, and attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians.
AP video shot by Imad Issied
Production by Jalal Bwaitel
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