American Woman Fatally Shot During Protest in Occupied West Bank

Aysenur Eygi, a 26-year-old American-Turkish citizen and volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement, was shot during an anti-settlement protest in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The incident occurred in Beita, near Nablus. Eyewitnesses and Palestinian officials claim that the Israeli military was responsible for the shooting, while the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) stated that they "responded with fire toward a main instigator of violent activity". The IDF is investigating the incident. Eygi was taken to the hospital, where she died of her injuries. The US State Department is "urgently gathering more information" about the incident.