Palestinian president calls activist killed by Israel a ‘brave daughter of Palestine and Turkey’

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas extended his condolences to the family of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a US-Turkish activist killed by Israeli forces during a protest in the occupied West Bank. 

Abbas spoke with Eygi's father, Mehmet Suat Eygi, over the phone, according to Wafa news agency. The president described Eygi as a “brave daughter of Palestine and Turkey” who was "assassinated at the hands of the Israeli occupation,” and an “honest symbol of the solidarity between the brotherly Turkish and Palestinian peoples."

Palestinian leaders are coordinating with US and Turkish authorities to ensure a thorough investigation into Eygi’s death, and efforts are underway to bring the case to the International Criminal Court, Abbas added.

He also announced that Eygi would be posthumously awarded the Medal of the Star of Jerusalem.