American activist killed by Israeli fire is buried in Turkey as Israel attacks Gaza

Her body was previously taken from a hospital to her family's home and to the central mosque in Didim.

Turkey condemned the murder and announced that it would investigate her death. “We will not leave our daughter's blood on the ground and we demand responsibility and accountability for this murder,” Numan Kurtulmus, the speaker of the Turkish parliament, told mourners at the funeral.

An autopsy was performed at the Izmir Institute of Legal Medicine on Friday. Kurtulmus said the examination showed that Eygi was hit by a bullet in the back of her head, below her left ear.

The Israeli military said on Tuesday that Eygi was likely shot “indirectly and unintentionally” by Israeli forces.

Their deaths were condemned by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken as the United States, Egypt and Qatar push for a ceasefire in the 11-month war between Israel and Hamas and the release of the remaining hostages held by Hamas. The talks have repeatedly stalled as Israel and Hamas accuse each other of making new and unacceptable demands.

The war began when Hamas militants killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in an attack on southern Israel on October 7. They kidnapped another 250 people and still hold around 100 hostages, having released most of the rest in exchange for Palestinians Israel held during a week-long ceasefire in November. Around a third of the remaining hostages are believed to be dead.

Israelis are increasingly frustrated with the government for failing to reach a ceasefire with Hamas to bring the remaining prisoners home. On Saturday evening, thousands of Israelis poured into the streets of Tel Aviv, demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu release the hostages.

At one of the rallies, Anat Angrest, the mother of the kidnapped soldier Matan Angrest, shared a voice recording of her son from his captivity, in which he asked Netanyahu for a deal. “I want to see my family and friends,” Matan said in the embassy. Angrest then turned to the head of Israel's secret service, Mossad.

“Where are you, negotiating team? There's been no deal for over eight months, so what are you doing?”

Anger has grown since the bodies of six hostages were found in a tunnel beneath the southern Gaza city of Rafah earlier this month. The military said the six were killed shortly before Israeli forces attempted to rescue them.

Many blame Netanyahu for the failure to reach an agreement, even though opinion polls show a majority of Israelis support an agreement. But the country is also extremely divided and Netanyahu has significant support for his strategy of “total victory” against Hamas, even if an agreement on the hostages must wait.

On Saturday night, Israeli air strikes hit the center and south of the Gaza Strip, killing at least 14 people.

The strikes in Gaza City hit a house where 11 people lived, including three women and four children, and another attack hit a tent in Khan Younis housing Palestinians displaced by the war between Israel and Hamas, Gaza Civil Defense said. The attacks followed airstrikes earlier this week that hit a tent camp on Tuesday and a United Nations school housing refugees on Wednesday.

The Israeli army on Saturday ordered Palestinians seeking shelter in the northern neighborhoods of Manshiyeh, Beit Lahia and Sheikh Zayed to evacuate south toward Gaza City. The order came after missiles were fired from the area, the Israeli army said in a post on X. It remains unclear how many people are seeking shelter in these areas.

Meanwhile, a campaign to vaccinate children against polio in Gaza has been suspended. The World Health Organization said that around 559,000 children under the age of 10 have recovered from their first dose. That is seven out of eight children who were supposed to be vaccinated as part of the campaign. The second dose is due to be administered later this month. The WHO said the parties had already agreed on this.

“As we prepare for the next round in four weeks, we are confident that these pauses will endure because this campaign has clearly shown the world what is possible when you give peace a chance,” Richard Peeperkorn, WHO representative in Gaza and the West Bank, said in a statement on Saturday.

The war has caused enormous destruction and displaced around 90 percent of Gaza's 2.3 million residents, often multiple times. It has also plunged the territory into a severe humanitarian crisis. Gaza's Health Ministry says more than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed since the war began. The ministry makes no distinction between civilians and militants in its count, but says women and children make up just over half of the dead. Israel says it has killed more than 17,000 militants in the war.