Israeli Military Shoots Palestinian Woman Attempting Vehicle Terror Attack

On the 16th (local time), Israeli forces searched the vehicle of a Palestinian woman who was attempting to attack by car in Hizma, West Bank. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] A Palestinian woman was shot dead after ramming her vehicle into Israeli soldiers in the West Bank region, according to major foreign media reports on the 16th (local time).

According to the Israeli military, the woman appeared in a vehicle near the Hizma intersection, a village south of Ramallah, the de facto capital of Palestine, and attempted to hit several Israeli soldiers with her car before trying to wield a knife. The Israeli military stated that they shot and killed the woman.

According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, the woman was identified as Mai Afana, a 29-year-old Palestinian living in East Jerusalem.

The incident occurred amid heightened tensions between Israel and Palestine. The Israeli military announced that day it would respond to bomb balloons sent by the Palestinian side and resumed airstrikes against Hamas, the armed faction in the Gaza Strip. This came 26 days after Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire.

The bomb balloons reportedly flew in right after an Israeli right-wing group marched through the Old City of Jerusalem, a conflict area, carrying Israeli flags the previous day. Since the 10th of last month, Israel and Hamas have exchanged rocket attacks and retaliatory airstrikes, resulting in over 270 deaths, and agreed to a ceasefire after 11 days of clashes.

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