Turkey investigating killing of US-Turkish activist in West Bank
Turkey will conduct its own investigation into the killing of US-Turkish activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi in the occupied West Bank, the country’s justice minister has confirmed.
“Turkey has opened an investigation,” Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said. “We will continue to defend the right of our sister Aysenur and our Palestinian brothers.”
Tunc also said Turkey would bring Aysenur’s case before the United Nations and push for the body to launch an independent inquiry.
“We will work to ensure that the (UN) special rapporteur on extrajudicial and arbitrary executions takes immediate action, and that an independent commission of inquiry is established and prepare a report,” he said.
On Tuesday, Israel’s military said it was “highly likely” its forces shot Eygi “indirectly and unintentionally” while they were aiming at a “key instigator” of a protest she was taking part in, near the West Bank city of Beita.
However, a Washington Post investigation revealed that Egyi was shot “more than a half-hour after the height of confrontations” and more than 200 yards (182 metres) away from Israeli forces, where she and other demonstrators posed no apparent threat.
Israeli military carries out arrests in Tulkarem, Bethlehem
Israeli forces have stormed the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem and arrested three men, according to the Wafa news agency.
The Israeli military is carrying out an ongoing assault on the city, raiding homes, deploying snipers on roofs and flying reconnaissance planes. Earlier, we reported that an Israeli drone strike killed three men in Tulkarem.
Four men have also been arrested in separate raids across Bethlehem governorate, Wafa reports. Israeli forces arrested two men from the village of ash-Shawawra, while a third man has been arrested in the town of al-Khader, and a fourth man in the town of Zaatara.
Undercover Israeli forces infiltrate Hebron hospital, arrest injured men: Reports
Undercover Israeli forces dressed as civilian women have entered a medical facility in Halhul, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Information Center and the Al Mayadeen outlets report.
Two injured Palestinian men receiving treatment at the hospital, at least one of whom has been accused of attempting to carry out a car bombing on August 13, were arrested during the raid, according to The Times of Israel.
Israel detains 15 in Hebron, Far’a camp
Israeli forces have carried out another wave of arrests in the occupied West Bank, detaining a total of 12 people in the governorate of Hebron and the Far’a refugee camp, reports Wafa.
The forces made a total of 12 arrests in Hebron governorate, raiding the town of Sa’ir and Arroub refugee camp. Three of those detained are former prisoners, according to Wafa.
They arrested three more people, including a father and son, in Far’a camp, reported Wafa.
Earlier in the night, as we reported, an Israeli sniper shot and killed a Palestinian man during the raid on Far’a camp.
Israel arrests 40 in latest West Bank raids
Israeli forces have detained 40 Palestinians in raids throughout the occupied West Bank since last night, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.
Most of the arrests took place in the governorates of Hebron and Tubas. One of those detained was pulled from a hospital where he was being treated, said the society.
Israeli army soldiers deploy in Tubas in the north of the occupied West Bank, on September 11
