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WASHINGTON DC, US (SEPT. 16, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL)

1. CINDY CORRIE, WHO LOST HER DAUGHTER RACHEL IN 2003 WHILE SHE TRIED TO STOP ISRAELI BULLDOZERS FROM DEMOLISHING PALESTINIAN HOMES IN GAZA, SPEAKING TO REPORTER (English) WASHINGTON DC, US - SEPT. 16, 2025: Families of Americans killed by Israeli forces and illegal settlers gathered outside the US Capitol on Tuesday alongside lawmakers to demand the US launch independent investigations and hold Israel accountable for what they described as years of impunity.

Cindy Corrie, whose daughter, Rachel, was killed in 2003 while trying to stop an Israeli bulldozer from razing Palestinian homes in Gaza, said appeals for justice had been ignored for decades.

“If there had been real consequences in Israel for Rachel's killing and for any of the killings that followed, perhaps the other families here today would not have had to make this trip to tell the stories of their loved ones killed by Israeli soldiers and settlers,” she said, stressing that US military aid continues to flow despite Israel’s failure to conduct credible investigations.

Speaking to Anadolu in an interview later at the event, Corrie said it was worth the decades-long struggle for justice for her daughter.

“To me, it's helpful to know that somehow, I think Rachel has a role in having raised awareness about what was happening, what she was seeing,” she said.

“Our hearts, every day we wake up to the news, are with the people in Gaza, those that we've met and those we haven't, knowing how much we and Rachel love them," she said. "I just need them to know that they're in our hearts every single day, and this all has to stop."

A news conference hosted by Rep. Pramila Jayapal brought together relatives of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, Sayfollah “Saif” Musallet, Tawfic Abdel Jabbar, Rachel Corrie and Mohammed Ibrahim, a 16-year-old Palestinian American who is detained in Israel. Lawmakers, including Rashida Tlaib, Summer Lee, Lateefah Simon, Mark Pocan, Delia Ramirez and Chuy Garcia also joined the families.

Since 2022, at least nine Americans have been killed by the Israeli military and settler violence in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Among them was Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old Turkish-American activist from Washington state, who was shot in the head by an Israeli sniper last September while attending a protest against illegal Israeli settlers in Beita in the occupied West Bank.