BREAKING: American killed in West Bank protest on Gaza war, IDF investigates | LiveNOW from FOX

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An American woman taking part in an anti-settlement protest in the West Bank was fatally shot by Israeli soldiers, according to witnesses.

US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller confirmed the death of 26-year-old woman, Aysenur Eygi and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is investigating.

The White House released a statement and said it was “deeply disturbed” by the killing of a US citizen.

Eygi was also a Turkish citizen, according to a spokesperson for the Turkish Foreign Minister, who added that the country would exert “all efforts to ensure that those who killed our citizen is brought to justice.”

The Israeli military said it was looking into reports that troops had killed a foreign national while firing at an “instigator of violent activity” in the area of the protest.

The woman who was fatally shot was attending a weekly demonstration against settlement expansion, protests that have grown violent in the past.