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A vigil was held in Oakland on Monday to remember a U.S. Turkish citizen, allegedly killed by Israeli troops in the West Bank last week. The large crowd, who gathered at Lake Merritt, also honored the lives of Palestinian civilians killed in the Israel-Hamas war.Aysenur Eygi was demonstrating against Israeli settlements in the West Bank when she was shot and killed. "She was doing the right thing to stand up for Palestinians," said a woman attending the vigil.
"Being here since Eysenur Eygi was murdered, many of us haven’t been able to sleep at all. We’ve been organizing around the clock," said Yonana Tchoueba, a co-organizer of the vigil.The White House said Aysenur was a recent graduate of the University of Washington, and called on Israel to investigate what happened. Those attending the vigil said they would continue to organize until the US does more.
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