[3] She was the third American citizen to be shot dead by Israeli forces in the West Bank this year, the other two being Tawfic Abdel Jabbar (17) and Mohammad Khdour (17).

[14] Eygi participated in the Faz3a (Faz'a) movement, an organisation which fights for the rights of Palestinian farmers who are persecuted by the Israeli military and attacked by settlers.

[16] Eygi arrived in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on 3 September 2024 to engage in activism work with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM).

Witnesses reported that IDF forces employed both live fire and tear gas to drive the group back to their villages; in response, the protesters threw stones and subsequently retreated from the area.

[1][26][27] The director of the hospital, Fouad Naffa, as well as another doctor who administered first aid, Ward Basalat, confirmed to the media that Eygi had been shot in the head.

[1] Eygi's remains were repatriated to Turkey and were buried at Didim on 14 September in a ceremony attended by Turkish vice president Cevdet Yilmaz, foreign minister Hakan Fidan, Grand National Assembly speaker Numan Kurtulmuş and Republican People's Party leader Özgür Özel.

[29] In a statement released on social media her family claimed that Eygi was peacefully protesting when she was killed, and that her life was "taken needlessly, unlawfully and violently by the Israeli military".

On September 10, hours after Israel released the conclusion of its inquiry, in which it admitted that it was "highly likely" that Ezgi Eygi was killed by an Israeli sniper but alleged that the act was unintentional, the family released another statement, criticizing the Israeli inquiry as "wholly inadequate" and adding that "we are deeply offended by the suggestion that her killing by a trained sniper was in any way unintentional.

[1] Hamas released a statement condemning the killing as "part of a pattern of violence against foreign supporters of the Palestinian cause, including the notable case of Rachel Corrie".

[30][31] The IDF confirmed on 6 September that troops had fired in Beita "toward a main instigator of violent activity who hurled rocks at the forces and posed a threat to them," and that the "details of the incident and the circumstances in which [Eygi] was hit are under review".

[32][5] The Israeli Defense Forces wrote on social media platform X that “The IDF is looking into reports that a foreign national was killed as a result of shots fired in the area.

On the same day, President Joe Biden demanded "full accountability" after initially accepting the Israeli explanation that the incident was accidental, without endorsing an independent investigation or pursuing consequences for the killing.

We have no higher priority than the safety and security of American citizens.”[33] Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib called on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to "do something to save lives".

[37] A spokesperson of the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Öncü Keçeli, said that Turkey would exert "all effort to ensure that those who killed our citizen is brought to justice.

[42] The Peace & Justice Project organization said that the attack was a result of "an emboldened Israel, committing acts of ethnic cleansing with the support of UK and US governments".

[42] United States National Security Council spokesperson Sean Savett said in a statement to Turkish state-owned Anadolu Agency: “We are deeply disturbed by the tragic death of an American citizen, Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, today in the West Bank and our hearts go out to her family and loved ones”.

[44][45] CNN noted that the Biden administration has not changed its abundant support for Israeli forces even after they were held responsible for the deaths of American citizens, citing the example of Shireen Abu Akleh.

He cannot place his allegiance to this genocidal regime over the lives of his own citizens," said executive director of the Institute for Middle East Understanding Margaret DeReus.

[46] The family said of President Biden's remark that it "is not only insensitive and false, it is complicity in the Israeli military’s agenda to take Palestinian land and whitewash the killing of an American.