RAMALLAH, Palestine

The Nablus Governor Ghassan Daghlas on Monday informed US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Hady Amr on the details of Israeli killing Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi last week. 

According to a statement by Daghlas's office, he received Amr and Hans Wechsel, head of the US Office of Palestinian Affairs, during which he urged to check the Israeli narrative over Eygi's killing.

He also told the American officials about what Nablus suffers from the Israeli settlements, settlers attacks and the Israeli army's checkpoints and their impact on the Palestinians' life in the city.

Hady Amr, for his part, said he came to listen to the death circumstances of Eygi, as well as to offer condolences to the victims killed in Beita and in Palestine in general, according to the Nablus Governor's office statement.

Early on Monday, hundreds of Palestinians in the West Bank city of Nablus paid farewell to activist Eygi, who was killed by Israeli forces on Friday.

The funeral procession began from Rafidia Government Hospital in Nablus, with mourners walking through several streets, chanting slogans condemning Israeli actions and praising foreign supporters, according to an Anadolu reporter.

Eygi’s body is expected to be transported to Türkiye.

Eygi, 26, a dual citizen of Türkiye and the US, was shot dead by Israeli forces during a Friday protest against illegal Israeli settlements in the town of Beita in the occupied West Bank.

The Israeli military has yet to comment on the specifics of the incident or the findings of the autopsy.

Eygi’s killing echoes the case of American-Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed in a similar manner in 2022.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar