American activist killed in West Bank shot ‘unintentionally’ by Israeli forces

The Israeli military has said American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi who was killed in the West Bank last week is likely to have been shot ‘indirectly and unintentionally’ by Israeli forces who were aiming at someone else. Picture: Family handout/International Solidarity Movement/AP

The Israeli military has said an American activist who was killed in the West Bank last week is likely to have been shot “indirectly and unintentionally” by Israeli forces who were aiming at someone else.

Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old from Seattle, was killed on Friday following a demonstration against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to Jonathan Pollak, an Israeli protester who witnessed the shooting.