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by Reuters and Algemeiner Staff
Members of Israeli forces gather near the scene of a security incident near Hizma checkpoint in the West Bank, June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
Israeli troops shot a Palestinian motorist on Wednesday who tried to ram them in the West Bank and then brandished a knife, the Israeli military said.
The Palestinian health ministry said the woman had died of her injuries. There was no word of Israeli casualties.
The incident follows a rise in tensions after a Jewish nationalist march in Jerusalem on Tuesday, and the launch of incendiary balloons across the Gaza border and retaliatory Israeli air strikes.
The Israeli military said the Palestinian woman “attempted to ram into a number of IDF (Israel Defense Forces) soldiers” near the Palestinian village of Hizma, northeast of Jerusalem.
“After the car-ramming attempt, the assailant exited her vehicle with a knife drawn … The soldiers responded with fire towards the assailant and neutralized her,” the military said in a statement.
There has been a rise in violent incidents in the West Bank in recent weeks.
Last Thursday, Israeli special forces killed an Islamic Jihad militant and two Palestinian security men in an exchange of fire in the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
Two Palestinians were killed in separate incidents on Friday and Saturday, the first during a clash with Israeli troops in the West Bank and the second while wielding a knife at military checkpoint near Jerusalem.
