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The Israeli military said on Tuesday it was “highly likely” that US-Turkish activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, who was shot and killed during a protest in the occupied West Bank last week, was “hit indirectly and unintentionally” by Israeli fire. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had “not aimed at her, but aimed at the key instigator” of an anti-settlement protest that turned violent on Friday. “The IDF expresses its deepest regret over the death of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi,” an IDF statement said, adding that the military police continue to investigate the shooting. Eygi, 26, was initially taken to a clinic …

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