Biden 'outraged' by Israel's killing of American activist
President Joe Biden said he is "outraged and deeply saddened" by the killing of American citizen Aysenur Ezgi Eygi in the West Bank by Israeli forces.
"The shooting that led to her death is totally unacceptable," the president said in a statement published Wednesday morning.
The Israel Defense Forces published its initial report into the killing on Tuesday, finding it "highly likely" that the dual American-Turkish activist "was hit indirectly and unintentionally by IDF fire which was not aimed at her."
![PHOTO: A Palestinian honor guard carries the body of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, who a witness says was fatally shot by Israeli soldiers, during her funeral procession in the West Bank city of Nablus, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024.](https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/fc4786c4-90e8-4dad-a141-869405c496c3/Aysenur-Ezgi-Eygi_1726052587153_hpMain.jpg)
Biden said the U.S. government has "full access" to the preliminary investigation "and expects continued access as the investigation continues, so that we can have confidence in the result."
"There must be full accountability," the president said. "And Israel must do more to ensure that incidents like this never happen again."
Eygi, 26, was with the International Solidarity Movement in the West Bank, working to protect local Palestinian farmers from attacks by Israeli settlers.
Biden said Wednesday that the violence in the West Bank "has been going on for too long."
"Violent extremist Israeli settlers are uprooting Palestinians from their homes," he continued. "Palestinian terrorists are sending car bombs to kill civilians."
"I will continue to support policies that hold all extremists -- Israelis and Palestinians alike -- accountable for stoking violence and serving as obstacles to peace."
-ABC News' Jordana Miller and David Brennan