HAMILTON, Canada 

The UN on Friday called for a "full investigation" and accountability for the killing of a Turkish-American activist by the Israeli army in the northern occupied West Bank.

In response to Anadolu's question on whether UN denounces the killing of the activist, the UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric at a news conference said: "I can tell you that we would want to see a full investigation of the circumstances and that people should be held accountable."

"Again, civilians must be must be protected at all times," he added.

Asked about whether there have been any accountability for any UN personnel killed by Israel, Dujarric said: "we have not seen anything."

He said investigations and the issue of accountability would happen "once the fighting stops."

"We have seen some movement towards accountability on the issue of mistreatment of Palestinian detainees," he said.

A Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was shot dead by Israeli forces on Friday during a protest against illegal Israeli settlements in the town of Beita in the Nablus district of the occupied West Bank.