American-Turkish woman shot dead at anti-settler protest in West Bank
www.theguardian.com
Witnesses say Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was fired at by Israel Defense Forces soldiers positioned in nearby field
  • phoneymouse@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2151·
    1 year ago

    Normally you’d say she was killed by the IDF, or Israel shot and killed an American.

    Instead the media makes strong use of passive voice:

    Witnesses say Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was fired at by Israel Defense Forces soldiers positioned in a nearby field

    • gerbler@lemmy.worldEnglish
      36·
      1 year ago

      …was fired at…

      Gotta love a passive voice so passive that it doesn’t even clarify that she was shot and killed and not merely “fired at”.

      • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
        26·
        1 year ago

        IDF soldiers have been seen pulling small levers on handheld devices.

        Eygi fell to the ground with blood coming out of her head around the same time.