Israeli security forces shot a Palestinian woman who tried to stab them at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday (September 18), Israeli police said, and Palestinian officials said she died of her injury.

Palestinian woman shot point blank

A Palestinian woman tried to stab Israeli guards at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Wednesday, Israeli police said, with Palestinian officials reporting she was shot dead.

Palestinian woman tries to stab Israeli guards, shot dead: officials

Soldiers arrested Nour Naji Tamimi, 21, from the village of Nabi Saleh north of Ramallah in the West Bank, residents said.

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