American and Palestinian officials revealed that the name of the American activist who was killed in an anti-settlement protest in Nablus on Friday is Esenor Egy, and that she was 26 years old, while the Israeli army admitted to shooting the demonstrators and indicated that it was looking into reports about the killing of a “citizen.” Foreign".

US Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew confirmed Iggy's death and said the embassy "urgently gathered to obtain more information about the circumstances of her death."

The Israeli army said in a statement that its forces “responded by firing at a main instigator of violent activity, who threw stones at the forces and posed a threat to them.” The Israeli army indicated that it was “looking into reports about the killing of a foreign national as a result of the shooting in the area.” ". 

Protests in Beita are common, as the Palestinian town is located next to an Israeli settlement site known as Eviatar. The settlement was not authorized by the Israeli state until the government approved it earlier this year. 

It is worth noting that all Israeli settlements are illegal under international law.

Dr. Hisham Dweikat, a Beita resident who participated in the demonstration, told CNN that as the protest ended, the Israeli army began firing tear gas into the crowd.

He added: “While people were running away, live bullets were fired and a soldier fired directly at the demonstrators, hitting the American activist in the back of the head and she fell to the ground.”

Vivi Chen, an American activist who volunteers for the same organization as Iggy, Fazaa, and who was present at the demonstration, told CNN that Iggy was crouching behind a dumpster at the bottom of the hill when the shooting started.

“We were all at the bottom of the hill and the Israeli army was at the top,” Chen said. “There were two volunteers sitting behind a garbage container and they (Israeli soldiers) fired one bullet at the garbage container. It hit a metal plate. Then they fired another bullet at it,” Chen said. They shot her in the head." 

A video Chen shared with CNN shows paramedics loading her body onto a stretcher, with blood pouring from a hole in her forehead. Iggy was transferred to Rafidia Hospital in Nablus, where she was pronounced dead.

Chen said: “These weapons are among the most advanced in the world,” and continued: “They (the Israeli army) have weapons from America. It was not an accident that they hit her in the head. This was intentional. They did not fire 100 bullets at the same time and one of them hit her.” We were all just standing there and they shot her in the head.”

The Governor of Nablus, Ghassan Daghlas, denounced Igi’s death during a visit to Rafidia Hospital, and told reporters: “We say to the international community: This woman had American citizenship,” and he continued: “But the bullets did not differentiate between a Palestinian, a child, an elderly person, a woman, and between one nationality or another.”