Activist 'very likely' a targeted killing via a sniper, Turkish official tells Middle East Eye

A Turkish official told Middle East Eye that Palestinian authorities believe Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was shot in a targeted killing. 

"Palestinian authorities believe the killing of Turkish-American dual citizen Aysenur Ezgi Eygi shares similarities to the murder of US journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022 by the Israeli security forces. They believe it is very likely to be a targeted killing via a sniper as in [the] Abu Akleh incident," the Turkish official said. 

"Palestinian officials will undergo their own autopsy on the body because they don't trust the Israelis," he added.

In May 2022, Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli forces while wearing a blue press vest and covering a raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.