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Biden and Harris fail to condemn Israeli killing of US citizen in West Bank

Phil Gordon, Assistant to US President Joe Biden and National Security Advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris, failed to condemned the Israeli killing Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a US citizen killed in the occupied West Bank.

In a post on X, Gordon said only that "we deplore the death of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi – an American citizen – in the West Bank, and we send our deepest condolences to her family and loved ones. We are seeking more information about this terrible tragedy," Gordon stated without mentioning Israel.

An activist who was with Eygi at the time told Middle East Eye that she and other volunteers from the International Solidarity Movement had been attending the weekly demonstration at Beita.

The activist said they retreated from soldiers, who had shot tear gas into the crowd. Then two rounds of live ammunition were fired at the group, the activist said, one of which struck Eygi in the head.

"When she was shot, she was standing there doing absolutely nothing with one other woman - it was a deliberate shot because they shot from a very, very, very far distance," said the activist, who did not want to be identified.