Ankara condemns ‘murder’ of Turkish-American activist in West Bank, accusing Israel of ‘crimes against humanity’

Turkey condemns the killing of an activist who was killed at a protest near the West Bank town of Beita earlier today.

According to foreign media reports, Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi was a dual US-Turkish citizen.

“We condemn this murder committed by the Netanyahu government,” the Turkish foreign minister says in a statement.

“Israel is trying to intimidate all those who come to the aid of the Palestinian people and who fight peacefully against the genocide. This policy of violence will not work,” the statement adds, accusing Israel of “crimes against humanity.”

The IDF is currently investigating the circumstances of the incident.

Turkey has been one of the strongest critics of Israel amid the ongoing war in Gaza, sparked by Hamas’s October 7 massacre. In May, Ankara halted all trade with Israel and the country also applied to participate in a genocide case against Israel at an international court.