Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned on Saturday, 7 September 2024 the killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish-American activist by Israeli forces during a march in the occupied West Bank.
“Yesterday, they (Israel) heinously murdered our young child, Aysenur Ezgi Eygi. To date, they have killed over 40,000 innocent civilians, including 17,000 children,” Erdogan said.
“They attack barbarically and shed blood indiscriminately, whether it be children, women, youth, or the elderly,” he added.
Erdogan noted that now Israel aims to commit genocide in both the West Bank and Gaza and to occupy these areas as well.
Eygi was shot dead by Israeli forces on Friday while participating in a protest against settlement expansion in the town of Beita, near Nablus in the northern West Bank.
An autopsy report of Eygi confirmed she was killed by an Israeli sniper’s bullet to the head, Nablus governor Ghassan Daghlas said on Saturday.
Erdogan also emphasized that Turkiye’s new diplomatic initiative with Egypt aims to bring benefits to Gaza and Palestine.
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