"Begged Her Not To Go": Teacher Of American Woman Shot In Head By Israel

Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was shot and killed by Israeli troops when she was taking part in a protest against settlement expansion in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Israeli troops shot and killed a Turkish-American woman who had been taking part in a protest against settlement expansion in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, Palestinian and Turkish officials said.

The White House said it was deeply disturbed by the death of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi and called on Israel to investigate. Turkey's foreign ministry said she was shot in the head, and blamed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government for her death.

Palestinian officials described her as a 26-year-old activist from Seattle who held US and Turkish citizenship.