"Within hours after they were told that Aysenur Ezgi Eygi had been killed by an Israeli sniper while at a protest in the West Bank last year, her family was on a phone call with the parents of Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza more than two decades ago. The families were introduced by a mutual contact in Washington state, where both Corrie and 26-year-old Eygi had lived."
"There were other parallels in their stories: Corrie was protesting against the demolition of a Palestinian family's home in Rafah when a soldier drove over her; Eygi was at a protest against settlement expansion near Nablus. Both had traveled to the region with the International Solidarity Movement, a group that for years has brought foreign activists to stand with Palestinians against Israel's occupation."
"An Israeli military investigation concluded that it was highly likely Eygi was hit indirectly and unintentionally by IDF fire which was not aimed at her; the Israeli military said that Corrie's death was an accident and that she was responsible for it. Cindy and Craig Corrie pulled over at a highway rest stop when they got the call. There's really not much you can tell somebody, Cindy told the Guardian in an interview recalling her first conversation with Eygi's parents."
Within hours after being told that Aysenur Ezgi Eygi had been killed by an Israeli sniper at a West Bank protest, her family spoke by phone with Rachel Corrie's parents. Corrie, 23, was crushed by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza; Eygi, 26, was protesting settlement expansion near Nablus. Both activists traveled with the International Solidarity Movement to stand with Palestinians against Israel's occupation. An Israeli military investigation found it highly likely Eygi was hit indirectly and unintentionally by IDF fire; the military concluded Corrie's death was an accident and attributed responsibility to her. Since 2003, about a dozen US citizens are known to have died in such circumstances.
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