He said, citing the Ministry of Defence, that a woman presented herself at a checkpoint in Hebron near the settlement of “Beit Yatir”.
This woman brandished a gun while shouting in Arabic “God is great”, so the security forces in the area opened fire.
According to the “Times of Israel”, what happened was a suicide attempt by a soldier.
Other reports indicated that the settler was mentally ill.
It is not yet known how she was injured.
The first reports emerged from Israeli media that a Palestinian girl was shot by soldiers for allegedly shooting Israeli soldiers.
This development comes in the light of the intense tension in the occupied Palestinian territories and in Israel, following the recent assassination which targeted leaders of the Jihad movement in Gaza.
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