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Unarmed Palestinian woman shot, killed by Israeli forces near Bethlehem

Illustration: Israeli occupation forces shot and killed Palestinian woman, Ghada Ibrahim Sabatien, near Bethlehem on April 10, 2022.

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.

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