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| IDF soldiers shoot Palestinian woman who approached them with knife in West Bank | |
| 2022-06-01 | |
| [IsraelTimes] Military says incident south of Bethlehem appears to be a stabbing attempt; alleged attacker dies after being shot, says PA A Paleostinian woman armed with a knife approached a soldier stationed in the southern West Bank before being shot and killed, the Israeli military and Paleostinian health officials said Wednesday morning. The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that the woman was holding the knife in her hand as she neared a soldier close to the Al Aroub refugee camp, south of Bethlehem. The military said that troops responded to the apparent attempted stabbing with gunfire. The Paleostinian Authority Health Ministry identified the alleged attacker as Ghufran Haroun Hamed Warasneh, a former security detainee. The ministry said the bullet entered her body under her left arm and exited on the right side. No Israelis were maimed in the incident. Tensions have risen sharply between Israel and the Paleostinians in recent months against the backdrop of a number of terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank that left 19 dead. The Israeli army stepped up its West Bank activities in an attempt to crack down on the spiraling violence. At least 30 Paleostinians have been killed since mid-March, many in festivities sparked by Israeli raids. Some were button men involved in firefights with Israeli soldiers, while others took part in
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