Palestinian woman shot, died at the hospital

Elsewhere Friday, a Palestinian stabbed and seriously wounded an Israeli outside a supermarket at a West Bank settlement.

The killing of a 73-year-old woman in the West Bank has raised fresh questions about disproportionate response by Israeli troops to alleged Palestinian attacks.

The incident occurred at the site known to Jews as the Tomb of the Patriarchs and Muslims as the Ibrahimi Mosque, and the army said around 4,000 Jewish worshippers were visiting Friday as part of a religious pilgrimage.

Another Palestinian, from the minority Christian community, was critically hurt by Israeli army fire during a violent protest in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, medics said.

As Palestinian-Israeli street violence surged last month, Al Araby Al-Jadeed daily accused the administration of jailing “dozens of (Palestinian) political prisoners on charges of resisting (the Israeli) occupation”, Reuters on Friday reported.

MADA notes that attacks on journalists by Palestinian Authority forces have also increased, but remain a fraction of Israeli violations.

Explaining that 20 soldiers had taken over the home, Haddad said that she, her parents and two siblings were not allowed to go to the bathroom without soldiers’ permission. Sharawi’s son Ayoub, 52, denied his mother, who started driving in her 50s, meant to harm anyone. Others were also injured by Israeli fire at the demonstration.

Israel’s military says a Palestinian woman intentionally drove her auto toward soldiers who shot and wounded her.

Back-to-back Palestinian shootings Friday wounded three Israelis, two of them seriously, the military said. Israeli forces are searching the area for the attacker. Although details of the attack are still emerging, it appears that the shooter fled the scene.

Two Palestinian youths who were standing at a gas station nearby were injured as Israeli gunfire shattered the car’s windows. Palestinians say the violence is due to a lack of hope for gaining independence after years of failed peace efforts.

A Palestinian 72-year-old woman died of wounds she sustained in what Israeli police said was an attempt to kill soldiers. As of Wednesday, the IDF recorded 58 stabbings, five shootings, and seven vehicle ramming attacks.