Funeral procession held for Turkish American activist killed in West Bank

Aysenur Eygi, a 26-year-old Turkish-American woman, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers during a protest against Jewish settlement expansion in Beita, West Bank. Eygi, who studied psychology and minored in Middle Eastern languages and cultures at the University of Washington, was attending the protest on the sidelines. Witnesses reported that she was slain by Israeli soldiers, and her body was later wrapped in a Palestinian flag and black-and-white kaffiyeh. The official send-off took place in Nablus, with a sign reading "Palestine will always remember and honor your sacrifice." The US spokesperson warned against "conflating" the killing of an American-Israeli captive in Gaza with Eygi's shooting, and officials stated that they do not know with full certainty what transpired in the latter incident. The US also rejected calls for an independent investigation into the fatal shooting, urging Israel to conduct its own probe. Eygi's body was repatriated to Turkey for burial in the Aegean coastal town of Didim, according to her family's wishes.