09/10/2024

U.S. Demands IDF Change West Bank Operations after American’s Killing

This was a rare rebuke from the U.S.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday called on Israeli security forces to make “fundamental changes” in the way they operate in the occupied West Bank, the strongest comments yet from a U.S. official after the Israeli military admitted that it was “highly likely” it had “unintentionally” shot dead an American Turkish citizen at a demonstration last week.

An initial inquiry by military police found that Aysenur Eygi, 26, who had arrived in the West Bank a few days earlier as a volunteer, was hit by fire “which was not aimed at her, but aimed at the key instigator of the riot,” the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. It said the shooting took place during a “violent riot” where Palestinians had thrown rocks at Israeli security forces.

Blinken said that the shooting was "not acceptable."

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