Funeral in Israeli-occupied West Bank for Aysenur Ezgi Eygi draws dozens onto the streets of Nablus
CBSN
Nablus, West Bank — A funeral procession was held Monday morning in the Israeli-occupied West Bank for Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old American activist who eyewitnesses say was shot in the head Friday by an Israeli soldier as she took part in a demonstration against Israeli settlement expansion in the Palestinian territory.
Eygi, a dual U.S.-Turkish national, graduated from the University of Washington in the spring. On Monday, her body was wrapped in a Palestinian flag and carried through the streets of Nablus, in the northern West Bank, followed by dozens of mourners.
Her family has said she was a passionate human rights activist who felt compelled to come to the West Bank only days before she was killed to support the Palestinians amid soaring tension and increased violence in the territory being fueled by the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the other Palestinian Territory, the Gaza Strip.
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