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The Zionist army acknowledged it had opened fire in the Beita area and said it was “looking into reports that a foreign national was killed as a result of shots fired”. The United Nations said Eygi had been taking part in a “peaceful anti-settlement protest” in Beita, scene of weekly demonstrations. Turkey condemned her death, while the United States called it “tragic” and pressed its ally the Zionist entity to investigate.

The commemoration was postponed from Sunday, due to a dispute between the United States and Turkey over “details such as the burial location and the route her body would take”, said Mahmud Al-Aloul, a senior Fatah official. Aloul said that “Palestine would be honored for the martyr to be buried here”.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said Ankara would do everything possible to ensure “that Aysenur Ezgi’s death does not go unpunished”. “We will continue our fight against (the Zionist entity) at the highest level by taking it to the (International) Court of Justice,” he added. Erdogan also urged the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to convene an emergency summit to discuss the war in Gaza and Zionist attacks on Jerusalem.

Speaking after a cabinet meeting in Ankara, Erdogan said the Zionist entity was targeting the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem as part of its “expansionist” drive. Jerusalem and the mosque was Ankara’s “red line”, he added. “It is unthinkable for the OIC, whose duty is to take care of the Jerusalem cause, to remain indifferent to these attacks. It is urgent that the organization convenes at the leadership level without losing more time,” Erdogan said. — Agencies