US activist was not near 'violent riot' when killed by Israeli fire: Report

An investigation conducted by The Washington Post has raised new doubts about Israel’s claim that US-Turkish activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was killed “during a violent riot” in Beita, Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.

According to the report, Eygi was shot more than a half-hour after the height of violence between Israeli soldiers and protestors - and 20 minutes after protesters had moved further down the road. The report also confirmed that Eygi was more than 200 yards away from Israeli soldiers when she was shot in the head.

The Washington Post spoke with 13 eyewitnesses and Beita residents and reviewed more than 50 videos and photos provided by the International Solidarity Movement, which Eygi volunteered with in the occupied West Bank. 

One volunteer the Post spoke to said that she and Eygi had explicitly decided beforehand they did not want to be "near any action".  

The report corroborates testimony previously provided to Middle East Eye by witnesses on the ground.

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