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[global times report] according to reports from cnn and other media on the 11th, us president biden said in a statement on the 11th that he was "angry" about the shooting death of ashenur ezgi ayiji, a us woman with american citizenship, by israeli troops in the west bank. the shooting was "totally unacceptable."

biden, file photo, source: the new york times

according to the news released on the white house website on the 11th, biden said in a statement that day,israelisrael has admitted responsibility for the death of eiji, and preliminary investigations have shown that it was caused by a "tragic mistake." he also said that the us government has fully understood israel's preliminary investigation and hopes to continue to learn about the situation.

cnn reported that biden said he was "angry and saddened" by the death of eiji and that the shooting was "totally unacceptable". biden also called for "accountability" for the incident. he also said that "israel must take more action to ensure that such incidents do not happen again."

according to previous reports by the us columbia broadcasting corporation and other media, palestinian and turkish officials said that israeli soldiers shot and killed a woman with dual us and turkish citizenship on the 6th. she was participating in a protest against jewish settlements in the west bank. the white house asked israel to "investigate" the same day, and the turkish president and the ministry of foreign affairs condemned the israeli army's "murder". according to the associated press, the woman's name is esenur ezgi eygi.

aishenur ezgi eyiji, data map, source: us media

according to the associated press and other media reports, israel said on the 10th that after investigating the death of ayiji, it was found that she was most likely "indirectly and unintentionally hit" by israeli military firepower, and that the firepower was not directed at her, but at the "main instigator" of the protests. israel's move has drawn strong condemnation from us secretary of state blinken and ayiji's family. according to the associated press, blinken said on the 10th that ayiji's death was "unprovoked and unjust," and called on israel to make "fundamental changes" to its actions in the west bank.cnn(cnn) reported that biden supported israel's statement later on the 10th. in an interview that day, he said, "we are looking for more details of the incident. obviously, this was an accident. we are still investigating the cause of her death."