Israeli forces ‘deliberately’ shot US activist, says eyewitness
Israeli forces "deliberately" shot Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi during a protest in the occupied West Bank, an activist who was at the scene told Middle East Eye.
The activist, who did not want to be identified, said that Ezgi Eygi and other volunteers from the International Solidarity Movement were attending the weekly anti-settlement demonstration at Beita when Israeli forces attacked the gathering.
The activist said they retreated from soldiers, who had shot tear gas into the crowd. Then two rounds of live ammunition were fired at the group, the activist said, one of which struck Ezgi Eygi in the head.
"When she was shot, she was standing there doing absolutely nothing with one other woman - it was a deliberate shot because they shot from a very, very, very far distance," said the activist.
"It was a deliberate shot to the head."
The Israeli army confirmed the incident, saying they had "responded with fire toward a main instigator of violent activity who hurled rocks at the forces and posed a threat to them."
Footage seen by MEE showed Ezgi Eygi's bloodied head being bandaged, and another video of her being taken to an ambulance in an olive grove.
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