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Israeli occupation forces directly shot and killed 80-year-old Palestinian woman Halima Abu Lail during their raid earlier Thursday on the Balata refugee camp in Nablus, occupied West Bank.
According to local sources, 208 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli occupation forces in the occupied West Bank since the start of the Israeli genocidal war against Gaza on October 7, 2023.
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Coinciding with the Israeli onslaught on Gaza, the West Bank has witnessed a steep rise in Israeli violence since October 2023. Here’s an overview of the Palestinian casualties documented in the region since then.
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By Khaled Nusseibeh
She graced the hallowed soil
With the wanton spilling of her noble blood
Aysenur stands at a towering height
Carving in Palestine’s memory a story of heroic martyrdom
She answered the beckoning call of tremendous injustice
To stand in solidarity against iniquitous occupation
In the environs of the blessed city of Nablus
In the contiguous hamlet of Beita
The mischievous sniper’s fire targeted her
Inflicting the dying day on her living soul
Shall we sing an ode or an elegy?
To mourn the passing of Aysenur
Daughter of great Turkey and America
Whose only wrongdoing was to stand by
Those protesting nefarious and illegal settlement
Of the holy soil marking a day of immense grief
At the death of a righteous warrior
Struggling to lift injustice and affirm an incontrovertible truth
That Palestine is the abode of the steadfast and brave
Who show tremendous courage in the face of injustice
Only to rise from the ashes and light the torch of freedom and justice
Khaled Nusseibeh is a translator, writer and a poet with several published poetry collections to his name. He holds a BA and MA Degrees from Colombia and Princeton universities in the USA. Mr Nusseibeh was born in Amman in 1961 and is a Jordanian of Palestinian origin.
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Palestinian groups, Monday, said Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi “will remain an icon” for the Palestinian struggle on the local and international levels.
Eygi, 26, a dual citizen of Türkiye and the US, was shot dead by Israeli forces during a Friday protest against illegal Israeli settlements in the town of Beita in the occupied West Bank.
In a statement, the National and Islamic Forces, an umbrella that includes most of the Palestinian groups, said: “Martyr Aysenur will remain an icon for the struggle and fighting at the Palestinian and international levels.”
“Many solidarity activists join our Palestinian people in the activities of the popular resistance in the towns and villages that are exposed to (Israeli) colonization and expropriation,” the statement read.
The Palestinian groups considered Eygi’s death as a confirmation of Israel’s implementing of the policies of killing, expulsion, and ban-of-entry for international solidarity activists.
The statement stressed the importance for punishing Israel for its indifference towards the life of international solidarity activists who stand against Israeli occupation and settlements construction on the occupied Palestinian territories.
Early on Monday, hundreds of Palestinians in the West Bank city of Nablus paid farewell to activist Eygi. The funeral procession began from Rafidia Government Hospital in Nablus, with mourners walking through several streets, chanting slogans condemning Israeli actions and praising foreign supporters, according to an Anadolu reporter.
Eygi’s body is expected to be transported to Türkiye.
The Israeli military has yet to comment on the specifics of the incident or the findings of the autopsy.
Eygi’s killing echoes the case of American-Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed in a similar manner in 2022.
