Eygi was a member of the International Solidarity Movement, a pro-Palestinian organisation, and was in Beita for a weekly demonstration against illegal Israeli settlements.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators have frequently held weekly protests against the Eviatar settlement. / Photo: AP
He said the examination was conducted late Friday night at the Forensic Medicine Institute, An-Najah National University in Nablus. Earlier, the family of a Turkish-American woman shot dead while demonstrating against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank demanded an independent investigation into her death, accusing the Israeli military of killing her"violently".
"We call on President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Secretary of State Blinken to order an independent investigation into the unlawful killing of a US citizen and to ensure full accountability for the guilty parties."
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