A year after a Seattleite was killed by Israeli forces, her family still wants answers Gabrielle Healy September 26, 2025 / 8:27 am

A year after an Israeli soldier shot and killed Aysenur Ezgi Eygi in the West Bank, her family is still looking for answers to basic questions about what happened that day.

A longtime Seattle resident, she was in the West Bank village of Beita as a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement.

Earlier this month, her family visited Washington, D.C. — alongside others with loved ones killed by the Israeli military, or settler violence — to try and get some additional answers.

Eygi’s life in Seattle

Eygi was born in Turkey and moved to Seattle when she was less than a year old. Her sister, Ozden Bennett, remembers her playing pickleball on Al

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