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Families of U.S. Citizens Killed by Israeli Soldiers and Settlers Demand Accountability

HeadlineSep 18, 2025

In Washington, D.C., the families of U.S. citizens killed by Israeli soldiers and settlers gathered on Capitol Hill this week to demand the Trump administration investigate the killings. This is Ozden Bennett, whose sister Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi was shot to death by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank a year ago.

Ozden Bennett: “What will it take for the Department of Justice to live up to its name? Why are some American lives worth fighting for while others are not? Why is it that the U.S. government is swift to take — to act as long as the perpetrator isn’t Israel?”

Click here to see our interview with Ozden Bennett.

Joining the protest was Cindy Corrie, the mother of Rachel Corrie, who was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer while trying to protect a Palestinian home in Gaza from demolition in 2003. The group was brought together by Washington Congressmember Pramila Jayapal.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal: “Ambassador Huckabee, if you are listening, please step up and do what you said you would do, which is demand transparency, accountability, investigation into the deaths of U.S. citizens. Right now the Trump administration is continuing to allow U.S. citizens to be killed with impunity, even as the Israeli government commits genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.”

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