Israel-Gaza live updates: Police killed in border shooting, authorities say

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.

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

Egyptian military chief of staff Lt. Gen. Ahmed Khalifa made a surprise visit to the country’s border with Gaza to inspect security measures on Thursday, according to a spokesperson.

The unannounced visit comes a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would only agree to a cease-fire deal if Israeli forces remain in the Philadlephi corridor, which separates Gaza and Egypt. This has been a main sticking point in the ongoing cease-fire and hostage negotiations.

The border crossing from Egypt into Gaza has been closed since May.

-ABC News' Ayat Al-Tawy

Protesters set off flares on a road they blocked in Tel Aviv on Thursday, calling on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a cease-fire deal with Hamas and bring home more hostages.

This is the fifth night of protests in Tel Aviv this week.

Hamas said it would not agree to a cease-fire agreement with Israel that doesn't include a complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, including the Philadelphi axis and the Rafah crossing, as negotiations appear to be at a standstill.

Hamas is also demanding the return of displaced Palestinians to their homes and an exchange of Palestinian prisoners held in Israel for hostages.

"We do not need any new papers or proposals from any party. We refuse to return to point zero or go around in a vicious circle, in order to achieve Netanyahu’s goals," the Hamas Political Bureau said in a statement Thursday.

-ABC News' Nasser Atta