U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated Washington would “act as necessary” over Israel’s killing of an anti-occupation activist, who’s a twin Turkish-American nationwide.
“We deplore this tragic loss,” Blinken instructed reporters on a go to to the Dominican Republic, providing his “deepest condolences” to the household of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, who was part of demonstrations in opposition to Israel’s unlawful occupation within the West Bank.
Asked if the United States would take motion in opposition to Israel, Blinken stated: “First things first – let’s find out exactly what happened and we will draw the necessary conclusions and consequences from that.”
“When we have more info, we will share it, make it available and, as necessary, we’ll act on it,” he stated.
“I have no higher priority than the safety and protection of American citizens wherever they are.”
Palestinian officers stated that Eygi was shot within the head by Israeli troops throughout an illustration in opposition to Israeli settlements within the occupied West Bank city of Beita.
Israel’s navy stated it was investigating and acknowledged that forces opened hearth.
Nablus Governor Ghassan Daghals wrote on X that the “Israeli occupation wanted to kill for the sake of killing.”
“A war of extermination in Gaza and a war in the West Bank that eats everything green,” he wrote. “It does not spare a child or any nationality.”
Hussein Al-Sheikh, the secretary basic of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, wrote on X that the killing marked “another crime added to the series of crimes committed daily by the occupation forces.”
Tensions have escalated all through the occupied West Bank as Israel continues its assaults on the Gaza Strip, which has killed practically 40,900 Palestinians, principally ladies and kids, since Oct. 7 final yr.
Estimates point out that round 700,000 Israeli settlers reside in roughly 300 unlawful settlements within the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
All Jewish settlements within the occupied territories are thought of unlawful beneath worldwide legislation.
At least 691 folks have been killed and over 5,700 injured by Israeli hearth within the West Bank since then, in accordance with the Health Ministry.
Source: www.dailysabah.com