From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Killing of Turkish-American citizen by IDF fire ‘unprovoked, unjustified,’ Blinken fumes
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls the killing of Turkish-American Aysenur Ezgi Eygi by the IDF “both unprovoked and unjustified.”
He calls for the IDF to make “fundamental changes to the way that they operate in the West Bank, including changes to their rules of engagement.”
At a London press conference, he says that IDF forces have looked the other way when extremist settlers attacked Palestinians, have used excessive force themselves, and “now have the second American citizen killed at the hands of Israeli security forces.”
“It’s not acceptable,” says Blinken. “It has to change. And we will be making that clear to the seniormost members of the Israeli government.”
“It is clear that there are serious issues that must be dealt with, and we will make sure that they are dealt with,” he says.
The military said earlier today that an initial probe into the killing of Eygi found that she was likely mistakenly hit by troops’ gunfire.
