Unarmed Palestinian woman shot, killed by Israeli forces near Bethlehem
Bethlehem (QNN)- Israeli occupation forces shot and killed a Palestinian woman near the town of Husan, west of Bethlehem city, on Sunday morning.
The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that the Israeli occupation forces shot and critically injured a a Palestinian woman, aged in her 40s, near the southern town of Husan.
The woman, identified as Ghada Ibrahim Sabatien, who is a widowed mother of six, was rushed by Palestinian medics to a Beit Jala hospital.
However, she died of her wounds soon after as she suffered a torn artery and massive blood loss, the ministry said.
The Israeli occupation forces claimed the woman had approached Israeli soldiers “in a suspicious manner.”
However, an Israeli military spokesperson later confirmed that she was unarmed.
In a graphic footage from the scene, the woman can be seen raising her hands. The soldiers then fired at her lower body, causing her to fall down.
Witnesses: "Israeli occupation soldiers bodily search a #Palestinian woman after shooting at and injuring her at a checkpoint near the West Bank city of Bethlehem." pic.twitter.com/K8COLcVDms
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) April 10, 2022
Press coverage: "In cold blood… Watch the moment when Israeli occupation forces executed 47-year-old #Palestinian woman Ghada Sabaten, who is a widow and a mother for 6 children, in Housan town west of #Bethlehem" pic.twitter.com/rEdNfzosP7
— AlQastal News (@QastalNewsEn) April 10, 2022
