Ankara, Sep 12
Turkey has launched an investigation into the killing of a Turkish-American woman by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, Turkish Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said on Thursday.
Turkey would not stay silent in the face of an "unlawful terrorist attack by Israeli forces," Tunc told reporters, adding that the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has initiated a probe under domestic law.
He added that Turkey "will work to prepare a report by forming an independent investigation commission."
"Afterwards, we will continue our work on including this report in the UN Human Rights Council, the ongoing genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, and the ongoing investigation at the International Criminal Court," he said.
Meanwhile, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the body of the Turkish-American woman, who "was deliberately targeted and killed by Israeli soldiers during a peaceful demonstration in solidarity with Palestinians in the occupied West Bank," will be brought from Israel to Turkey on Friday for burial, reports, quoting the official Palestinian news agency WAFA.