Palestinian woman shot dead by Israeli forces near Hawara
Iman Odeh, 26, was "killed by a bullet to the chest fired by the occupation soldiers in Hawara, south of Nablus," according to the Palestinian health ministry.
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Huwara is the site of an Israeli settler rampage in February [Nasser Ishtayeh/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images]
Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian woman in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said.
Iman Odeh, 26, was "killed by a bullet to the chest fired by the occupation soldiers in Hawara, south of Nablus," a ministry statement said.
Israeli occupation forces shot and murdered 26-year-old Palestinian woman Eman Odeh in Huwara town, South Nablus. pic.twitter.com/pZhWCwft2a
— PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) May 4, 2023
Hawara was the scene of a deadly rampage by dozens of Israeli settlers in February in which more than 350 Palestinians were injured and dozens of homes and vehicles torched in revenge for the killing of two settlers.
Thursday's violence came just hours after an Israeli raid on Nablus in which security forces shot dead three Palestinians.
With the latest deaths, 106 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers so far this year.
The Israeli military has raided towns and villages across the occupied West Bank nearly every day for over a year.
The violence has worsened since Benjamin Netanyahu formed his new far-right cabinet, believed to be Israel's most far-right government ever and includes extremists who have made inflammatory remarks about the Palestinians.
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