The director of the Rafidia Hospital in Nablus, in the northern West Bank, announced on Friday afternoon, September 6, the death of a 26-year-old American pro-Palestinian activist who arrived at his facility with a gunshot wound to the head. head. According to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, the young woman was killed by fire from an Israeli soldier. Questioned by Agence France-Presse (AFP), the Israeli army stated that “information aware” that are circulating, but not being able to comment or react immediately.
“An American solidarity activist [des Palestiniens] She arrived at the hospital with a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead around 2:30 p.m.Dr Fouad Nafaa, director of the Rafidia hospital, told AFP when contacted by telephone from Jerusalem.
“We are aware of the tragic death of an American citizen, Aysenur Eygi, today in the West Bankwrote US ambassador to Israel Jack Lew in X.. We extend our deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. We are rapidly gathering more information about the circumstances of his death. »
According to WAFA, the fatal incident occurred near Nablus, in Beita, a Palestinian town where an American activist told AFP in early August that he had been wounded by an Israeli soldier’s shot during a demonstration against the expansion of Israeli settlements in the region. WAFA specifies that the murdered activist was part of an international solidarity campaign called “Fazaa”, committed to defending Palestinian farmers against Jewish settlers.
Since the start of the war on October 7, 2023, in the Gaza Strip between the Israeli army and Hamas, triggered by an unprecedented attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement, violence between Palestinians on the one hand and the Israeli army and settlers on the other has intensified in the West Bank.
At least 661 Palestinians have been killed there by gunfire from Israeli soldiers or settlers, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, and at least 23 Israelis, including soldiers, have been killed in Palestinian attacks or military operations, according to official Israeli data.
