Israel’s military has said it was highly likely its troops fired the shot that killed Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, the American-Turkish woman killed at a protest in the occupied West Bank.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said her death was unintentional and expressed deep regret.

The statement came as Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, called the killing of the 26-year-old last week “unprovoked and unjustified”.

Speaking on a diplomatic visit to London, Blinken told journalists that Eygi’s death showed the Israeli security forces needed to make fundamental changes to their rules of engagement.

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  • zeephirus@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    what they said was. we didnt mean to murder that one. it was one of the other unarmed protesters we meant to murder. The other one was only Palestinian so chill… they dont matter remember!

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      2 months ago

      Pretty much they mean “we say sorry if you keep letting us do it”.

      Now they will know if they can get away with it and subsequently kill more international peace activists to push the remaining ones out, so they can go back to murdering Palestinians without holding back.