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Moment a lone veiled Palestinian woman takes on IDF soldiers with an assault rifle before being shot dead at a checkpoint in the West Bank
- CCTV footage shows the moment she started walking towards the group of soldiers with a rifle drawn on Wednesday afternoon at at Elias Junction, outside the city of Hebron Wednesday afternoon
- She appears to fire the weapon, with a flash appearing from the muzzle of the rifle - reportedly an M16
- A second video taken by a witness shortly afterwards shows her lying face down in the road after being killed
- None of the troops were wounded - it is the second suspected terror attack near Hebron in as many days
- The attack comes amid Palestinian rioting in the West Bank over Israel's bombing campaign in Gaza
- Netanyahu earlier warned he could 'conquer' Hamas as the US demanded an urgent de-escalation in conflict
| The article has a good summary of events on Wednesday and a useful visual aid halfway down the page, including that nearly 3700 rockets have been shot off from Gaza, courtesy of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-05-20 |
