«Israeli» Forces Shoot, Injure Palestinian Woman in W Bank

Local Editor

A Palestinian woman was injured after being shot by "Israel" Occupation Forces [IOF] soldiers at the Qalandiya checkpoint between Ramallah and al-Quds [Jerusalem] in the central occupied West Bank, for allegedly attempting to stab "Israeli" soldiers Friday morning.

Witnesses said that "Israeli" soldiers opened fire at the woman who was walking towards the vehicle lane of the checkpoint.

"Israeli" police spokeswoman Luba al-Samri said in a statement that "an Arab ID-holder suspect" approached "Israeli" security forces via the vehicles' lane.

Al-Samri alleged that "‘Israeli' security forces noticed her approaching with a knife in her hand. They told her to stop, but she ignored and kept walking towards them, and they shot at her."

Lawyer Muhammad Mahmoud of prisoners' rights group Addameer indicated that the woman was identified as Jihan Muhammad Hashimeh, 35, from the neighborhood of al-Issawiya in occupied East al-Quds.

Locals said that Hashimeh was ill, and that she was on her way to al-Quds for medical treatment when she entered the vehicle lane by mistake.

According to witnesses, the victim remained on the ground bleeding and screaming in pain while "Israeli" soldiers prevented ambulance crews from approaching her for almost an hour. She was then detained and transferred to a hospital for treatment.

Six Palestinians had been killed at the Qalandiya checkpoint alone in that time period, including a pregnant Palestinian woman and her 16-year-old brother.

Most recently, the IOF shot and martyred Jihad Muhammad Said Khalil, 48, from the village of Beit Wazan in the West Bank district of Nablus at the checkpoint, claiming he attempted to stab soldiers. No injuries among soldiers were reported.

Throughout the unrest, rights groups had repeatedly denounced the IOF's "shoot-to-kill" policy against Palestinians who did not constitute a threat at the time of their death or who could had been subdued in a non-lethal manner.

While the apartheid "Israeli" entity alleged many of those were attempting to "attack" "Israelis" when they were shot, Palestinians and rights groups had disputed the entity's version of events in a number of cases.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team