JENIN, Palestinian Territories —
Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian woman on Sunday near the southern West Bank city
of Bethlehem, the Palestinian health ministry said.
اضافة اعلان
The woman — a widowed mother of six in her 40s named
by the Palestinian news agency Wafa as Ghada Ibrahim Sabatien — died after
suffering massive blood loss from a torn artery, the Palestinian health
ministry said.
Israeli forces said troops fired warning shots into
the air when the woman approached them near the town of Husan, before they
“fired towards the suspect’s lower body”.
The militant
Islamic Jihad movement condemned her
killing as an “execution in broad daylight”.
Earlier on Sunday, Israel continued their raids in
Jenin area for a second day following a deadly attack in
Tel Aviv on Thursday,
carried out by a resident of the Jenin refugee camp, which killed three Israeli
men.
No Israeli forces were reported injured, while the
Palestinian health ministry said at least 10 Palestinians were wounded in
clashes in Jenin, as well as in Jericho and Tulkarem.
A total of 20 “wanted individuals” were apprehended,
an Israeli source said, while the
Palestinian Prisoners Club announced 24
arrests across the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since the 1967
Arab-Israeli War.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said after a
cabinet meeting that “Israel has gone on the offensive,” vowing to “settle
accounts with everyone who was linked, either directly or indirectly, to the
attacks”.
‘No limits’
Violence in Israel and Palestine has surged during
Ramadan, an echo of the situation during the Muslim holy month last year, when
increased provocations and tensions led to a devastating 11-day Israeli
offensive war in the Gaza Strip.
In recent weeks, Israel has been stunned by a string
of deadly attacks, some carried out by assailants linked to or inspired by
Daesh. A total of 14 people have been killed in four attacks in Israel since
March 22.
Over the same period, at least 11 Palestinians have
been killed, including assailants, according to a count by AFP.
Following Thursday’s attack, Bennett gave Israel’s security
agencies “full freedom” to end the deadly violence, warning that “there are not
and will not be limits for this war”.
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