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Israeli forces kill young Palestinian mother of two after alleged stab attempt

Ma’an – June 2, 2016

Cj-E_OlVEAA08PaBETHLEHEM – A Palestinian woman was shot and killed at an Israeli army checkpoint in the northern occupied West Bank on Thursday afternoon, after allegedly attempting to stab a soldier.

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that an “attempted stabbing” took place at a checkpoint in the eastern Tulkarem governorate near the Palestinian village of Anabta. She added that the soldiers “responded to the threat” by shooting at the woman, killing her.

The spokesperson added that no Israelis were injured.

Israeli sources later identified the Palestinian woman as 25-year-old Ansar Hussam Harasha. Harasha was reportedly a married mother of two.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that they had been informed by the Israeli military liaison office that Israeli forces had opened fire at a Palestinian woman at the Innab checkpoint eastern Tulkarem and killed her.

Palestinian Red Crescent spokeswoman Errab Foqoha told Ma’an that Israeli forces prevented an ambulance from the health organization from accessing the scene. Foqoha added that Red Crescent staff saw the woman lying on the ground before being taken inside an Israeli ambulance, which stayed on the scene.

More than 200 Palestinians and nearly 30 Israelis have been killed since the beginning of a wave of unrest across the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel in October.

The unrest has been characterized by a number of small-scale attacks mainly against Israeli military targets.

According to the UN, investigations showed that in a number of instances since the unrest began, Israeli forces have implemented a policy of extrajudicial execution, killing Palestinians who did not present imminent threat or could have been subdued through other means.

June 2, 2016 - Posted by | Ethnic Cleansing, Racism, Zionism, Subjugation - Torture | , ,

3 Comments »

  1. May she rest in peace, and may all Zionists suffer the same fate as she. Vive la Palestine !

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    traducteur's avatar Comment by traducteur | June 2, 2016 | Reply

  2. Israeli soldiers seem to shoot lots of Palestinians(including one man lying injured in the street) who have apparently attacked the said soldiers with a knife.
    It’s just not believable any more. It may have happened once, or even twice, but given their success record(No Israeli solder yet, murdered by this process) it would seem to be just a convenient excuse for Israeli’s to kill Palestinians.
    Sorry, I’m not ‘buying’ it.

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    Brian Harry, Australia's avatar Comment by Brian Harry, Australia | June 2, 2016 | Reply

  3. im not buying it

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    Estiexo's avatar Comment by Estiexo | June 3, 2016 | Reply


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