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A 26-year-old American woman has been shot dead in the occupied West Bank during a protest.<\/p>\n
Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, who was born in Turkey, is reported to have been taking part in a protest against Jewish settlement expansion in the town of Beita near Nablus.<\/p>\n
Ms Ezgi Eygi was allegedly shot by Israeli troops, according to local media reports. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) say they “responded with fire toward a main instigator of violent activity who hurled rocks at the forces and posed a threat to them” in the Beita area.<\/p>\n
The American activist was rushed to a hospital in Nablus with a gunshot to the head and was later pronounced dead, AFP news agency reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In a statement, the IDF said it was “looking into reports that a foreign national was killed as a result of shots fired in the area”.<\/p>\n
“The details of the incident and the circumstances in which she was hit are under review,” the Israeli military added.<\/p>\n
According to reports by Palestinian media, the 26-year-old had been involved in a campaign to protect farmers from Israeli settler violence.<\/p>\n
Turkish media report that Ms Ezgi Eygi was both American and Turkish, having been born in Antalya.<\/p>\n
Dr Fouad Naffa, head of the hospital to which Ms Ezgi Eygi was admitted, confirmed that a US citizen in her mid-20s died from a “gunshot in the head”.<\/p>\n