American woman killed in the West Bank
A 26-year-old American woman has died at Rafidia Hospital in Nablus, in the West Bank, according to the hospital director.
The woman, identified as Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, was a "foreign solidarity" activist, one of a number of Americans and other foreigners, who work to protect Palestinian farmers in the West Bank from attacks by Israeli settlers.
![PHOTO: Medics transport the body of a U.S. citizen after she succumbed to her wound from a reported gunshot, at a hospital in Nablus in the occupied West Bank on Sept. 6, 2024.](https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/450670b5-1c38-4dea-9165-44a27accd940/american-killed-mo_1725631960573_hpMain.jpg)
The hospital director said Eygi was shot in the head and that medical teams provided CPR before she was pronounced dead.
In July, shocking video showed a group of activists attacked by settlers near Qusra, in the West Bank, while trying to protect Palestinian farmers harvesting olives.
The U.S. State Department said it was aware of the "tragic death" of Eygi in the West Bank.
"We offer our deepest condolences to her family and loved ones. We are urgently gathering more information about the circumstances of her death and will have more to say as we learn more. We have no higher priority than the safety and security of American citizens," said Matt Miller, a spokesperson for the State Department.
-ABC News' Latifeh Abdelattif and Shannon K. Kingston