Breaking news! American citizen killed by Israeli army

On September 6, Turkish-American social activist Esenour Egi was shot in the head by Israeli troops while participating in a protest against Israeli settlement expansion in Beita, a town in the West Bank of the Palestinian Jordan River. Fellow protesters said that Egi’s death was not an isolated incident, and similar incidents have occurred many times in recent years. In September this year, after arriving in the West Bank of the Palestinian Jordan River, Esenour Egi began to participate in protests against Israeli settlement expansion in the Beita area. When the incident occurred on the 6th, protesters were gathering together, and Israeli soldiers who came to the scene tried to disperse the crowd and caused a conflict. Jonathan Pollack, an Israeli protester who was with him, recalled that the protesters had been driven out of the hilltop area where they had gathered before, but Israeli soldiers still chased them and shot, which eventually led to Egi’s death. Palestinian residents present also confirmed Pollack’s statement. Mahmoud Abdullah, a resident of Beita: They (Israeli soldiers) came here with weapons. After arriving at this block, the soldier sat on top of the building and pointed his gun downwards, sitting here, aiming at the pillar where the foreign protesters were hiding. Two shots were fired, one hitting the pillar and the other hitting the victim’s head. Pollack said that Eiji’s death was not an isolated incident. Since 2021, several protesters have been shot and killed by the Israeli army for opposing the expansion of Israeli settlements, but they have rarely attracted the attention of international public opinion over the years. Israeli protester Jonathan Pollack: There are reasons for this, and this is not an isolated incident. Since 2021, 17 people have died in the Beita demonstrations. We haven’t heard any reports about them because they are not Americans.