On Tuesday morning, Israeli occupation forces shot dead 16-year-old Mamoun Raed al-Khatib near the Gush Etzion bloc of settlements in the occupied West Bank, claiming he tried to stab a man.
No one was injured in the alleged stabbing, but Israeli media reported that a 35-year-old bystander was injured by the Israeli army gunfire that killed Mamoun.
The boy, from Doha village near Bethlehem, was a high schooler in the 10th grade.
Later on Tuesday, Israeli forces shot dead a 19-year-old Palestinian woman at a checkpoint east of Tulkarem in the northern occupied West Bank, Ma’an News Agency reported.
The army claimed the young woman had tried to stab one of its soldiers but none was injured.
A Palestine Red Crescent Society spokesperson said the young woman had no vital signs when medics reached her. Palestinian medics were prevented from removing her body, which was taken away by the Israelis.
Israel continues to withhold the bodies of dozens of Palestinians killed in alleged stabbing attempts.
The Ma’an News Agency said a Palestinian family identified the young woman from photos circulating on social media as their daughter, Maram Ramiz Hassouna, from Nablus. She was a student at An-Najah University.
The family told Ma’an that she had previously spent a year in Israeli prison after she was accused of attempting to stab a soldier at the same checkpoint two years ago.
Israeli forces raided the family’s home on Wednesday.
The body of Maram Ramiz Hassouna lies on the ground at the Israeli checkpoint east of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank where Israeli forces shot her dead on 1 December. Nedal Eshtayah APA images
Also on Wednesday, an elderly woman was shot and critically injured in al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Ma’an News Agency reported that she was shot by Israeli forces who frequently fire at Palestinian protestors across the boundary fence.
“Though clashes between Palestinian youth and Israeli forces have been common in [the] area east of al-Bureij camp, it is unclear whether the woman was shot during such clashes,” Ma’an added.
More than 100 Palestinians have been killed since 1 October, many of them in what human rights organizations and international monitors have condemned as summary executions.
Nineteen Israelis, one Palestinian and one American were slain by Palestinian attackers during the same period, according to The New York Times.