A funeral was held for American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi in the West Bank on September 9, local media
reported.The 26-year-old was fatally shot by the Israeli military while she was protesting against settlement expansion in the West Bank town of Beita on Friday, September 6, according to Palestinian state-run news outlet
Wafa.The Israel Defense Forces (
IDF)
said that the troops fired in response to an “instigator” who “hurled rocks,” and that the incident was “under review.”Eygi, an American citizen of Turkish origin, was in the West Bank volunteering with the
Faz3a Campaign, according to
Palestinian reports.The Faz3a Campaign
describes itself as "a Palestinian-led initiative to answer the dire need for