Turkey requests international arrest warrants for the death of the Turkish-American activist by Israeli fire.

In particular, the Minister of Justice, Yilmaz Tudz, stated that the Ankara prosecutor’s office is investigating “those responsible for the torture and murder of our sister”. He added that Turkey has information about the murder and will make requests for the issuance of international arrest warrants.

The woman’s body will arrive in Turkey tomorrow, Friday, as announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which stated that the 26-year-old “was deliberately targeted and killed by Israeli soldiers during a peaceful demonstration of solidarity with the Palestinians”.

He also stated: “We will make every effort to ensure that this crime will not go unpunished».

The developments

It is recalled that the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared that his country will do everything “so that the death of Aisenur Ezgi does not go unpunished”.

The Israeli military admitted that the Turkish-American activist was killed “by inadvertent Israeli fire” and said it deeply regretted the incident.

For his part, US President Joe Biden spoke yesterday of an “accident” and said he was “shocked and deeply saddened” by the activist’s death. He also asked Israel to “do more” to prevent such incidents from happening again

According to the UN, the young girl was killed by fire from Israeli forces while participating in a demonstration against the Jewish settlement in Beita, near Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, Palestinian territory that Israel has owned since 1967.