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Israeli army kills Palestinian woman in occupied West Bank
Sanaa al-Tal, 19, was shot and killed by the Israeli army while in a vehicle near the town of Ramallah.
Palestinians stand next to the car that was carrying 19-year-old Sanaa al-Tal, who was shot by Israeli forces, in the town of Beitunia, near the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on November 14, 2022 [Abbas Momani/AFP]
Published On 14 Nov 202214 Nov 2022
Ramallah, occupied West Bank – The Israeli army has shot dead a 19-year-old Palestinian woman in the town of Beitunia near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian health ministry said the victim, Sanaa al-Tal, was shot in the head by Israeli forces at dawn on Monday during a raid on Beitunia.
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According to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, another Palestinian, 26-year-old Anas Hassouneh, was injured and arrested in the shooting.
Al-Tal, who was shot while she was in a car, hails from the town of al-Thahiriyeh south of Hebron city in the southern occupied West Bank.
News and images of the incident were circulated by local media at 4am (01:00 GMT), and her killing was confirmed several hours later.
A witness told Wafa, that al-Tal and Hassouneh were in a vehicle driving up a road, unaware that Israeli forces had stationed themselves at several points until they were surprised by the army’s presence.
“When they tried to turn around, they found other soldiers opposite them who started shooting at them without any notice,” the witness, who lives in the area, said, adding that the car was shot at three times by soldiers stationed on different corners as it tried to get away.
The witness added that Israeli soldiers pulled Hassouneh, who was driving the car, out of the vehicle and that he was bleeding, while al-Tal died at the scene.
An Israeli army statement said soldiers spotted a “suspicious vehicle accelerating towards them during an operation by security forces”, according to Israeli media. The forces signalled for the vehicle to stop, but it accelerated towards them, after which they fired at the vehicle, the statement said.
Surveillance video shared widely on social media appeared to show the car slowly pulling up in the area before being shot at by soldiers stationed nearby. Al Jazeera could not independently verify the footage.
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