PNN Palestine News Network
PNN/Ramallah
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shot dead a Palestinian woman and a minor Wednesday morning after an alleged stab attempt at Qalandiya military checkpoint, in Ramallah district.
According to the Israeli police, the woman attempted to stab Israeli occupation border police officers stationed at the military checkpoint.
An eyewitness reported to local media, that the IOF fired more than 15 rounds into the woman’s body.
Furthermore, other witnesses said they saw in video footage of the scene following the incident claiming that a Palestinian boy approached the woman after she was killed before being shot by the IOF as well.
Israeli media reports confirmed the child died shortly after.
The Palestinian Red Crescent were denied access to the victims by the IOF for medical treatment.
The woman was identified as 23-year-old Maram Salih Hassan Abu Ismail.
