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This Friday, 26-year-old Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi passed away. after being shot dead by the Israeli army It resulted in serious head injuries in Nablus, south of the occupied West Bank, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.

The activist was taking part in a weekly peaceful march in the village of Beta in Nablus against settlement expansion when Israeli forces suppressed the protest using live ammunition, grenades and tear gas.

“This weekly march always faces live fire because Palestinians have no legal way to demonstrate under Israeli military rule in the West Bank,” wrote Alon Lee Green, an Israeli activist and co-director of the peace movement Together, on his X account.

An 18-year-old Palestinian was also wounded. According to Wafa, shrapnel hit during the event.

Ezgi Eigi was taken to Rafidiya Hospital in Nablus, where she was placed in intensive care. According to medical sources, medical care could not save her due to serious head injuries.

The Israeli army, for its part, In his statement, he said he was forced to open fire to reduce the “threat.” about the “instigator who threw stones at the troops.”

“The details of the incident and the circumstances of the activist’s beating are being investigated,” the military note added.

The girl worked as a volunteer in International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in a campaign to protect Palestinian farmers from Israeli settlers. The same humanitarian organization that employed Rachel Corrie, who was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer in 2003.

The Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Hussein Sheikh, condemned the “murder of the activist” and called it “murder.” another crime in a series of daily rapes committed by the occupying forces.”

In a post on his X account, he asked for those responsible for Ezgi Eygi’s death to be brought to justice before an international court.