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palestinian and turkish officials said that on september 6, local time,israeli soldiers shot and killed a woman who held dual u.s. and turkish citizenshipshe waswest bank protests against jewish settlements。

the white housetodayasked israel to "investigate"，the turkish president and the ministry of foreign affairs condemned the israeli army's "murder"。

woman shot dead by israeli troops in west bank

according to the palestinian news agency, a woman was shot by the israeli army while participating in a protest against jewish settlements in beita, a village near the northern city of nablus in the west bank on the 6th. the local hospital confirmed that she died of a gunshot wound to the head.

according to the associated press, thethe woman's name is esenur etogetheragee, 26, from seattle, washington, usapalestinian officials said she held turkish and american citizenship.

mariam dag, who participated in the protest, said she sawan israeli soldier stands on a rooftop when two shots are heard, one bullet hit a palestinian protester in the leg,one shot hit edge, who fell down with blood on his head.。

"this situation hasthis has been happening to the palestinians for decades., the reason isthe israelis will not be punished for their actions。”

reuters quoted the israeli army as saying that the israeli army shot a man who was the "main instigator" of the protests and threw stones at israeli soldiers, posing a threat. the israeli army said it was investigating the "death by a foreign woman in the area".

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's office has not yet commented on the incident.

white house calls for government investigation

white house spokeswoman karina jean-pierre said on the 6th that she was deeply shocked by agee's unfortunate death and that the united states had "asked the israeli government for more information andrequest an investigation into this incident”。

u.s. secretary of state antony blinken said: “we regret this tragic event...the most important thing is to collect the facts。”

chris van hollen, a democratic senator in the u.s. congress, said that agee was the third american to be killed in the west bank since the outbreak of a new round of israeli-palestinian conflict last year.the biden administration is doing little to get them justice and accountability”。

türkiye condemns israeli government's "murder"

turkish president recep tayyip erdogan condemned the incident on social media. the turkish ministry of foreign affairs issued a statement on the 6th condemning the israeli government'sthe act of murder。

the statement also said,the israeli government is trying to intimidate all those who offer help to the palestinian people. this policy will not succeed.。

since the outbreak of this round of palestinian-israeli conflict, israel has been advancing military operations in the gaza strip while repeatedly raiding and arresting palestinians in the west bank and bombing the so-called hideouts of palestinian militants in refugee camps. some jewish settlers frequently attack palestinian civilians. according to palestinian health officials, since the outbreak of the new round of palestinian-israeli conflict,more than 690 palestinians killed in west bank clashes。

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